Cognitive fusion, a key construct in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), describes the overidentification with internal thoughts that compromises psychological flexibility and contributes to maladaptive emotion regulation. Cognitive defusion techniques aim to reduce this entanglement, promoting adaptive functioning and improved mental health. This study examined the psychometric properties...
This article demonstrates that diverse soteriological traditions across six civilisational contexts (Hindu, Buddhist, Christian mystical, Islamic Sufi, Kabbalistic Jewish, and Graeco-Roman philosophical) instantiate a shared structural grammar of liberation despite having developed their models within substantially different philosophical, linguistic, and institutional contexts. A five-element...
Music is widely recognized as a powerful elicitor of embodied emotion, yet the precise mechanisms by which auditory patterns are translated into specific bodily feelings remain underspecified. Existing models of contagion and entrainment often lack granular mappings between musical features and distinct interoceptive states. This article proposes a novel theoretical framework viewing musical...
Orpheus, as an archetypal model of musical performance, enters our cultural consciousness not only as an exemplary performer but also as a figure whose fleeting glance into the visible shattered the magic of creation. Through this metaphor, for three millennia we have (re)interpreted the deeper projection of the conflict between the artistic idea and the performer's inner tension (Partridge,...
This study explores the lived experiences of Spiritual Emotional Intelligence (SEI), a psychological framework rooted in the Bhagavad Gitā , a foundational text of Indian spiritual philosophy. Building on a previously proposed model comprising five dimensions—ā tma-bodha (self-awareness), samatva (equanimity), niṣkāma-karma (non-attached action), Dharma (virtuous duty), and bhakti (devotion)—we...
Previous studies using mindfulness training interventions have shown that such training can reduce mind wandering, and this has often been attributed to improvements in executive functions. Instead of focusing on executive functions, the present cross-sectional study examined how affect is involved in the associations of self-compassion and dispositional mindfulness with mind wandering. We used...
Introduction: Psychological resilience is crucial for adolescent athletes facing competitive pressures, yet effective interventions remain understudied. This study examined the associations between mindfulness training and psychological resilience development in adolescent athletes. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 60 adolescent athletes (aged 14-18 years) from a...
Across cultures and centuries, humans have sought to explain suffering, be it as moral failure, biological necessity, or existential condition. Today, as artificial intelligence begins to mimic aspects of thought and emotion, the question resurfaces: can a machine suffer? In this paper, we revisit suffering not as a sentimental analogy but as a comparative lens between human and algorithmic...
Introduction: Academic stress, academic burnout, and reduced psychological resilience are prevalent among university students, particularly during examination periods. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week structured mindfulness training program in improving these outcomes. Methods: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted with 153 undergraduate and graduate students who...
As individual persons, we are all embodied in the sense that we have a body with certain needs, sensory systems, feelings, and capacities. Humans and some other animals also have an experience of embodiment, defined as an experience of “ my body.” This is a combined experience of having a body (the body as an object that can be perceived, imagined, thought about, and evaluated according to...
The drive to find one unifying theory, one overarching universal principle that would subsume and explain all, has been a common theme of human striving for knowledge for many centuries. It reflects, perhaps, a deep intuition that within every experience there is such a unifying singular essence, present yet ordinarily hidden, which when discovered would restore one to the wholeness of...
Purpose: Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) are an underserved and difficult-to-reach population that experiences a disproportionate burden of trauma and stress compared to their housed peers. Prolonged trauma and stress can impact the development of negative emotions, reactive stress responses, and impulsive decision-making, which can lead to risk-taking behaviors. Growing research shows...
The concept of the sublime has inspired numerous philosophical inquiries throughout the evolution of aesthetic thought. This article examines the type of experience referenced by philosophers in their discussions surrounding the concept of the sublime. I thoroughly explore the experiential dimensions by analyzing the sublime from a psychological perspective anchored in phenomenology. More...
Introduction: Embodied cognition theory emphasizes that cognition is grounded in bodily movement, perception, and interaction with the environment rather than being purely symbolic or abstract. However, most existing embodied cognition measures are Western-based and lack cultural adaptability. This study aimed to develop and validate the Embodied Cognition Scale (ECS) tailored for Chinese...
In recognition of the increasing scholarly and clinical attention to this concept, Frontiers in Psychology established a Mindfulness section in 2022. In this article, we briefly review the conceptualization of mindfulness and its , discuss its different facets, done in the context of the section's third anniversary. Furthermore, we , and discuss how mindfulness, both as a disposition and the...
Introduction: This study investigates the impact of mindfulness on academic resilience among university students, with a particular focus on the mediating roles of self-compassion and psychological flexibility. Methods: Using a post-test-only control group experimental design, 200 undergraduate students from a Chinese university were randomly assigned to either an intervention group, which...
Background: Senior college students face a heightened risk of mental health problems, indicating the need for effective interventions. Mindfulness-based music therapy (MBMT) has been shown to improve mental health outcomes across various populations, yet evidence of its effectiveness in senior college students remains scarce. This randomized controlled trial aimed to test the efficacy of MBMT...
Chronic pain is increasingly recognised not only as a disorder of sensory processing but also as a disruption of self-experience. This article advances the concept of stimulus entrapment as a dissociative analogue in chronic pain, where consciousness becomes trapped in overwhelming bodily sensation, narrowing attention and preventing integration into coherent narrative or identity. This...
Delusional ideation is characteristic of psychopathology (e.g., psychosis, bipolar disorder) and is also found among the general population. Contemporary case studies have documented delusional ideation as a feature of meditation-induced psychosis, and Buddhist literature on the side effects and adverse effects of meditation also includes discussion of transient experiences that could be...
Introduction: This research determines mindfulness meditation promotes psychological recovery and lessen burnout amongst top-level tennis athletes. It also examines the modifying effect of psychological resilience on this association. Methods: The use of a quantitative cross- sectional design was used where 120 of the top and famous tennis players participated (mean age = 24.8 years). They were...
Frontiers in PsychologyOctober 17, 2025Peter Bablis, Ryan R. Day, Sophia Bablis et al.1 citation
This narrative review explores the integration of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) into musculoskeletal (MSK) care, based on the premise that addressing the mind-body interface can enhance patient outcomes. First, we outline how chronic stress affects twelve physiological systems and contributes to the onset and persistence of MSK conditions. Second, we synthesise evidence showing that...
Frontiers in PsychologyOctober 17, 2025Michail Elpidoforou, Antonios Boultadakis, John Parissis et al.1 citation
Dance is described as a phenomenon in which the human body and its movement, that may have a symbolic or aesthetic value within a variable cultural and rhythmical context, are the primary tools for the human expression and communication under artistic, educational, training, recreational, therapeutic, religious, or other purposes (Basso et al. , 2020; Elpidoforou, 2016; Elpidoforou et al. ,...
Introduction: In this study, we describe the construction of the veridical Near-Death Experience Scale (vNDE Scale), a structured instrument for evaluating the evidential strength of perceptions reported during near-death experiences (NDEs), and its first validation by human and artificial raters. Methods: The construction was implemented using a typical Delphi Method. The first draft of the...
ObjectiveDepression, a prevalent mental health disorder among global youth, adversely impacts educational attainment, social functioning, and psychological wellbeing. Given the established protective function of perceived social support against depressive symptoms, this study investigates how trait mindfulness enhances such support through three mediating factors: therapeutic alliance...
There is a long tradition of (attempts at) bridging language and consciousness. Both are human-specific traits, even with precursors in other species, and both are intimately intertwined. Putting it very roughly, human consciousness can be construed, to a large extent, as a sort of inner speech (Morin, 2009; Skipper, 2022). By contrast, the most developed forms of animal consciousness only...