Alejandro Parra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3702046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alejandro Parra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alejandro |
| FAMILY NAME | Parra |
| SIGNATURE | PARRA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Departamento de Humanidades Universidad de San Andrés Buenos Aires Argentina |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7943-2794 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Spiritualism and Psychology in Argentina
In the mid-1940s, Argentine spiritualism faced a crisis in the context of cultural changes where they sought to install parapsychology as a valid area of inquiry within the emerging psychology as a science. The 1950s represented a transformation of the intellectual field for the so-called "conjectural sciences" and a form of psychologization of spiritualism. In fact, the appropriation of J.B. Rhine's test results in the United States proved usefu…
Degenerateness, Mental Hygiene, and Spiritism
The disputes between spiritualists and physicians occurred in the context of hygienism and the degeneration theory, where spiritualists were considered agents requiring health care by alienists and psychiatrists. French psychiatry defended this interpretation to isolate and treat "spiritual delirium," which came to have considerable importance in the debates between spiritism and psychiatry. Specifically, pathologization and psychologization beca…
Impact of childhood trauma on dreams in adulthood
Human radiation for medicine, spiritism and hypnosis in Argentina
In the mid-nineteenth century, magnetic theories penetrated other recognized medical practices in Argentina in order to rationalize their procedures, in a culture that accepted and validated magnetism as a positive science. At the start of the twentieth century, mesmerists created a society, published books and journals, and carried out a large welfare programme; there were public lectures, and magnetic treatment for spiritualists and the general…
Empathy and mental health associated with non-conventional healing practices
The aim of this study was to evaluate empathy and mental health in individuals who practice spiritual healing techniques. A sample of 190 healing practitioners was recruited to evaluate the healing experiences, along with to test cognitive-perceptual deficit and empathy. Significant differences were found due to age in two groups (Practitioners, n = 71, and Newly initiated, n = 119). Practitioners scored high on cognitive and affective empathy an…
Changes Resulting from Paranormal/Spiritual Experiences and their Effects on People’s Wellbeing
The aims of this study were to evaluate the effects of paranormal and mystical/spiritual experiences on people’s lives and to evaluate changes resulting from such experiences. Twenty-four participants attended workshops about paranormal/spiritual experiences. The Index of Changes Resulting From Experiences and a checklist of possible effects of paranormal or transcendent experiences were used. All of the respondents reported at least one paranorm…
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Changes Resulting from Paranormal/Spiritual Experiences and their Effects on People’s Wellbeing
The aims of this study were to evaluate the effects of paranormal and mystical/spiritual experiences on people’s lives and to evaluate changes resulting from such experiences. Twenty-four participants attended workshops about paranormal/spiritual experiences. The Index of Changes Resulting From Experiences and a checklist of possible effects of paranormal or transcendent experiences were used. All of the respondents reported at least one paranorm…
Empathy and mental health associated with non-conventional healing practices
The aim of this study was to evaluate empathy and mental health in individuals who practice spiritual healing techniques. A sample of 190 healing practitioners was recruited to evaluate the healing experiences, along with to test cognitive-perceptual deficit and empathy. Significant differences were found due to age in two groups (Practitioners, n = 71, and Newly initiated, n = 119). Practitioners scored high on cognitive and affective empathy an…
Human radiation for medicine, spiritism and hypnosis in Argentina
In the mid-nineteenth century, magnetic theories penetrated other recognized medical practices in Argentina in order to rationalize their procedures, in a culture that accepted and validated magnetism as a positive science. At the start of the twentieth century, mesmerists created a society, published books and journals, and carried out a large welfare programme; there were public lectures, and magnetic treatment for spiritualists and the general…
Spiritualism and Psychology in Argentina
In the mid-1940s, Argentine spiritualism faced a crisis in the context of cultural changes where they sought to install parapsychology as a valid area of inquiry within the emerging psychology as a science. The 1950s represented a transformation of the intellectual field for the so-called "conjectural sciences" and a form of psychologization of spiritualism. In fact, the appropriation of J.B. Rhine's test results in the United States proved usefu…
Degenerateness, Mental Hygiene, and Spiritism
The disputes between spiritualists and physicians occurred in the context of hygienism and the degeneration theory, where spiritualists were considered agents requiring health care by alienists and psychiatrists. French psychiatry defended this interpretation to isolate and treat "spiritual delirium," which came to have considerable importance in the debates between spiritism and psychiatry. Specifically, pathologization and psychologization beca…
Impact of childhood trauma on dreams in adulthood
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works) · Alternative medicine (2 works) · Context (archaeology) (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (2 works) · Parapsychology (2 works)