Psychological Thought
May 31, 2026
Krešimir Prijatelj, Đana Ravlić
Dispositional mindfulness and psychological resilience are increasingly viewed as important personal resources for psychological adjustment, yet their joint configurations remain underexplored. This study identified latent profiles based on mindfulness facets and resilience and examined their links with mental health, life satisfaction, and contextual risk and protective factors in emerging...
Psychological Thought
October 30, 2021
Derek Botha
2 citations
This article proposes alternative understandings of certain structuralist informed (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM-IIIrd to 5th Eds.) configurations of mental disorders. Life’s negative discourses and the mind’s captive responses present a “general theory of mental suffering” which phenomena are classified as modernist, DSM mental disorders, such as addictions,...
Psychological Thought
December 9, 2019
Petar Radoev Dimkov
23 citations
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, is predominantly known for his conception of the id, ego and super-ego, representing a part of his meta-psychology of the psychic apparatus. Nowadays, with the advancements in technology and science, his meta-psychological structural model of the psyche might be either confirmed or denied by comparing the account of the psychic apparatus of the...
Psychological Thought
April 30, 2019
Bhavna P. Harne, Azra A. Tahseen, Anil S. Hiwale et al.
Meditation and yoga both have positive effects on physical, as well as mental health. Om mantra chanting, a simple and easy to practice, also comes under the aspect of meditation. The “Om” mantra is also considered as the very name of the absolute. Om meditation not only affects the various parts of the brain, such as pre-frontal cortex, vagus nerve, amygdala and others but also affects the...