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2 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2025

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Integrating the ineffable: a social phenomenological analysis of the psychedelic experience

Library, Museums and Press - UDSpace (University of Delaware) February 4, 2025 Logan Neitzke-Spruill 2 citations

People who use psychedelic drugs rely on socially defined frameworks of understanding to make sense of their experiences and integrate them into everyday reality. Drawing on social-phenomenology, cognitive sociology, and set-and-setting theory, this analysis examines over 200 narrative reports from 100 individuals collected between 1960 and 1964 as part of the Harvard Psilocybin Project. The accounts describe experiences with psilocybin, mescaline, and LSD. The work proceeds in three phases: describing the quality of the psychedelic experience, identifying how individuals integrate it into daily life, and outlining what these experiences reveal about the social construction of everyday reality in the United States. The aim is to demystify psychedelic experiences and generate more useful ways of thinking about psychoactive substances.

DOI: 10.58088/dyjg-0344 (opens in new tab) Interpretative phenomenological analysis Psychology Epistemology Sociology

Daily mindfulness, stress reactivity, and the impact on daily health behaviors and emotional well-being

Library, Museums and Press - UDSpace (University of Delaware) May 28, 2025 Lauren Elizabeth McManus

On days when undergraduates reported higher levels of mindfulness, they also reported more positive health behaviors and greater emotional well-being. However, daily mindfulness did not reduce stress reactivity to negative events. The study used a daily diary method over seven consecutive nights and measured mindfulness with the Five-Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire, which showed variability both between people and within the same person from day to day.

DOI: 10.58088/q375-zs94 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Mindfulness Reactivity psychology Clinical psychology Stress linguistics +3