Oceanic feelings and their relationship to spirituality and personality organization
The findings reveal a dual role of oceanic feelings: positive oceanic feelings enhance general religiosity and connectedness independently of personality organization, while negative oceanic feelings are mediated by personality dysfunction, influencing schizotypy and spirituality. Strengthening personality organization could serve as a protective factor against the destabilizing effects of negative oceanic experiences, offering insights for psychotherapy and spiritual counselling.
Authors
- Paul Jiménez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-1141)
- Human‐Friedrich Unterrainer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4815-0214)
- Arman Latifi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6823-0561)
- Jürgen Fuchshuber
- Sarah Straßnig
- Tobias Herzl
Institutions
- Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien (AT)
- University of Vienna (AT)
- University of Graz (AT)
- Medical University of Graz (AT)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1558537
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.61