| Autor: |
Apud I; Institute of Foundations and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay., Scuro J; Department of Social Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay., Carrera I; Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay., Oliveri A; Institute of Foundations and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of psychoactive drugs [J Psychoactive Drugs] 2023 Apr-Jun; Vol. 55 (2), pp. 141-150. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 04. |
| DOI: |
10.1080/02791072.2022.2053004 |
| Abstrakt: |
The current article presents a mixed qualitative-quantitative observational study of the effect of ayahuasca ritual on subjective experiences and personality traits on participants of a center specialized in the treatment of substance use disorder in Uruguay. When comparing the psychological traits of ayahuasca participants to a control group, quantitative results using the Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire showed statistically significant higher scores in Impulsive Sensation Seeking, Boredom Susceptibility, and Social Warmth scales. Qualitative analysis of ayahuasca experiences resulted in five main categories: emotional experiences (including social emotions such as love and empathy), corporal experiences, spiritual/transcendental experiences, personal experiences, and visions. Last, qualitative descriptions provide support for the importance of social interactions in the phenomenological manifestations of the psychedelic experience. Both quantitative and qualitative results suggest that the combination of social interactions and the pharmacological action of ayahuasca could facilitate the manifestation of social emotions during the ritual, and may contribute to the long-term increase of empathic and social aspects of personality. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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