African Theological Journal for Church and Society, 2023 Magical thinking can take on many forms within Christianity. One of the aspects of the spiritual warfare and deliverance ministry worldview is that of cursed or familiar objects. Demons are attracted to these objects and may inhabit them.
Annari du Plessis
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Who are the chiropractic students favouring a limitless scope of practice? Exploring the relationship with personality, magical thinking, and academic achievement [PDF]
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2022 Introduction Some chiropractors seem to have an inflated belief in the powers of spinal manipulation (SMT), for example aiming at preventing future spinal degeneration and health problems, activities that are without supporting evidence.
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Beliefs about coronavirus: Relationship with magical thinking and adherence to self-isolation regimen [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Pandemic is accompanied by “infodemic” that is related to higher anxiety (Moghanibashi-Mansourieh, 2020; Roy et al., 2020; Huang, Zhao, 2020).
S. Kumchenko, E. Rasskazova, A. Tkhostov
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Alexithymia Is a Key Mediator of the Relationship Between Magical Thinking and Empathy [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Thought action fusion (TAF), whereby internal thoughts are perceived to exert equivalent effects to external actions, is a form of magical thinking. Psychiatric disorders associated with TAF (e.g. schizophrenia; obsessive compulsive disorder) can feature
Clare M. Eddy, Peter C. Hansen
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Decision-making styles, magical thinking, and intolerance of uncertainty in opioid use disorder [PDF]
Indian Journal of PsychiatryBackground: The global opioid use problem presents a complex public health challenge characterized by increasing overdoses, addiction rates, and fatalities.
Mustafa Danışman, Gamze Zengin İspir
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The many manifestations of magical thinking: a systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryMagical thinking (MT) involves beliefs that thoughts or actions can influence events in unrealistic ways. While MT is integral to obsessive compulsive disorder, and reflected in the cognitive features of schizophrenia, it is observable across the general
Clare M. Eddy, Clare M. Eddy
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Schizotypy and mindfulness: Magical thinking without suspiciousness characterizes mindfulness meditators [PDF]
Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 2016 Despite growing evidence for demonstrated efficacy of mindfulness in various disorders, there is a continuous concern about the relationship between mindfulness practice and psychosis.
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Careers of magical thinking? [PDF]
Br J Gen Pract, 2009 ‘This happened on December 30th 2003’ she began, the American drawl initially disconcerting from such a very British icon. ‘That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you. And it will happen to you. The details will be different, but it will happen to you.
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Delusion-like thinking is associated with lower individual alpha peak frequency [PDF]
SchizophreniaSchizophrenia and schizotypy are understood to lie along a continuum of neurophysiological and cognitive features, yet the specific neural markers bridging clinical and subclinical manifestations have remained underexplored.
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