Aaron D Cherniak
Biographic Data
| ID | 1935810 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron D Cherniak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron D |
| FAMILY NAME | Cherniak |
| SIGNATURE | CHERNIAK A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9114-4290 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Psychological functions of religious holidays versus nonreligious vacation
Chaplains in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
The rapid expansion of psychedelic research has opened significant pathways of opportunity in treating mental health disorders. Participants in recent clinical trials consistently report mystical-type experiences during dosing sessions, and some scholars posit that such experiences themselves help mediate clinical improvements in depression, PTSD, anxiety, and substance use disorders. These reports are in keeping with the historical reality that …
Therapeutic-Like Context and Relational Support During Psychedelic Use Moderate Links Among Stress, Challenging Experiences, and Psychological Outcomes
Research has established that life stress may elevate the likelihood of challenging experiences with psychedelics, which may be linked to poorer outcomes from psychedelic use. Studies have highlighted the importance of therapeutic support, but questions remain about the type of effective support and its specific contribution. We examined the contribution of therapeutic-like contexts and support on the relationship between life stress and challeng…
How does psychedelic use relate to aspects of religiosity/spirituality? Preregistered report from a birth cohort study and a prospective longitudinal study
Perceived attachment history predicts psychedelic experiences
Background and aimsEmerging research indicates that psychedelics may have therapeutic potential by fostering meaningful experiences that act as "inflection points" in people's narratives of personal development. However, psychedelic research has largely failed to address pertinent developmental considerations. We investigated whether attachment-related variables were associated with psychedelic experiences and whether psychedelic experiences mode…
Religious Beliefs, Trust In Public Figures, And Adherence to Covid-19 Health Guidelines among American Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews
The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant health crisis highlighted the lack of scholarly understanding of the effects of sociocultural factors and religious beliefs on compliance with public health guidelines. Orthodox Jews in particular were suspected of mistrusting medical experts and were singled out for alleged non-compliance with COVID-19 health guidelines. We surveyed American Jews ( N = 1,141) during the early stages of the pandemic about their…
Psychedelic Science of Spirituality and Religion
In this paper, we set an agenda for a psychedelic science of spirituality and religion based on attachment theory. Attachment theory proposes that people develop internal working models (IWMs) of interactions with others from their relational experiences with caregivers. Such IWMs then function as high-level priors or predictive models, enabling people, for better and for worse, to predict and organize their interpersonal and religious/spiritual …
Covid-19, Religious Coping, and Weight Change in the Orthodox Jewish Community
Does gender moderate effects of religion on anxiety among Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews
Studies examining religion's effects on mental health have insufficiently focused on basic moderators of observed effects. Given that Orthodox Jewish religious culture places greater ritual obligations on men than women, but is gender-equivalent regarding faith, we expected Orthodox Jewish men and women to experience different levels of anxiety in relation to religious practice but not intrinsic religiosity, and that no gender differences would e…
Implicit and explicit attitudes towards God and life satisfaction
Covid-19, Mental Health, and Religious Coping Among American Orthodox Jews
Psychedelic Science of Spirituality and Religion
In this paper, we set an agenda for a psychedelic science of spirituality and religion based on attachment theory. Attachment theory proposes that people develop internal working models (IWMs) of interactions with others from their relational experiences with caregivers. Such IWMs then function as high-level priors or predictive models, enabling people, for better and for worse, to predict and organize their interpersonal and religious/spiritual …
Perceived attachment history predicts psychedelic experiences
Background and aimsEmerging research indicates that psychedelics may have therapeutic potential by fostering meaningful experiences that act as "inflection points" in people's narratives of personal development. However, psychedelic research has largely failed to address pertinent developmental considerations. We investigated whether attachment-related variables were associated with psychedelic experiences and whether psychedelic experiences mode…
Implicit and explicit attitudes towards God and life satisfaction
Covid-19, Mental Health, and Religious Coping Among American Orthodox Jews
Covid-19, Religious Coping, and Weight Change in the Orthodox Jewish Community
Does gender moderate effects of religion on anxiety among Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews
Studies examining religion's effects on mental health have insufficiently focused on basic moderators of observed effects. Given that Orthodox Jewish religious culture places greater ritual obligations on men than women, but is gender-equivalent regarding faith, we expected Orthodox Jewish men and women to experience different levels of anxiety in relation to religious practice but not intrinsic religiosity, and that no gender differences would e…
Psychedelic Science of Spirituality and Religion
In this paper, we set an agenda for a psychedelic science of spirituality and religion based on attachment theory. Attachment theory proposes that people develop internal working models (IWMs) of interactions with others from their relational experiences with caregivers. Such IWMs then function as high-level priors or predictive models, enabling people, for better and for worse, to predict and organize their interpersonal and religious/spiritual …
Religious Beliefs, Trust In Public Figures, And Adherence to Covid-19 Health Guidelines among American Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews
The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant health crisis highlighted the lack of scholarly understanding of the effects of sociocultural factors and religious beliefs on compliance with public health guidelines. Orthodox Jews in particular were suspected of mistrusting medical experts and were singled out for alleged non-compliance with COVID-19 health guidelines. We surveyed American Jews ( N = 1,141) during the early stages of the pandemic about their…
Perceived attachment history predicts psychedelic experiences
Background and aimsEmerging research indicates that psychedelics may have therapeutic potential by fostering meaningful experiences that act as "inflection points" in people's narratives of personal development. However, psychedelic research has largely failed to address pertinent developmental considerations. We investigated whether attachment-related variables were associated with psychedelic experiences and whether psychedelic experiences mode…
How does psychedelic use relate to aspects of religiosity/spirituality? Preregistered report from a birth cohort study and a prospective longitudinal study
Psychological functions of religious holidays versus nonreligious vacation
Chaplains in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
The rapid expansion of psychedelic research has opened significant pathways of opportunity in treating mental health disorders. Participants in recent clinical trials consistently report mystical-type experiences during dosing sessions, and some scholars posit that such experiences themselves help mediate clinical improvements in depression, PTSD, anxiety, and substance use disorders. These reports are in keeping with the historical reality that …
Therapeutic-Like Context and Relational Support During Psychedelic Use Moderate Links Among Stress, Challenging Experiences, and Psychological Outcomes
Research has established that life stress may elevate the likelihood of challenging experiences with psychedelics, which may be linked to poorer outcomes from psychedelic use. Studies have highlighted the importance of therapeutic support, but questions remain about the type of effective support and its specific contribution. We examined the contribution of therapeutic-like contexts and support on the relationship between life stress and challeng…
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychedelics and Drug Studies (5 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Religiosity (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Spirituality (4 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (3 works) · Infectious disease (medical specialty) (3 works)