Editing Synchronicity (section)

== Studies ==

* A 1989 overview of research areas and methodology in the study of coincidence published by the ''Journal of the American Statistical Association'' addresses various potentials in researching synchronicity experiences.<ref name=DiaconisMosteller1989/>

* A 2009 paper found that, clinically, synchronicity experiences seem to cluster around periods of emotional intensity or major life transitions, such as births, deaths, and marriage.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Beitman|first1=B. D.|last2=Celebi|first2=E.|last3=Coleman|first3=S. L.|year=2010|chapter=Synchronicity and healing|editor-last1=Monti|editor-first1=D. A.|editor-last2=Beitman|editor-first2=B. D.|title=Integrative psychiatry|pages=445–483|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>
* A 2016 study found that clients who have disclosed synchronicity experiences in clinical setting often report not being listened to, accepted, or understood. The study also found that for therapists these experiences often come as a shock and a challenge to their own worldviews,<ref name=RoxburghEvenden2016>{{cite journal|last1=Roxburgh|first1=Elizabeth C.|last2=Evenden|first2=Rachel E.|year=2016|title=They daren't tell people: therapists experiences of working with clients who report anomalous experiences|journal=European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling|volume=18|number=2|pages=123–141|doi=10.1080/13642537.2016.1170059|s2cid=146921408|url=http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/34621/1/12116_Roxburgh.pdf}}</ref> prompting researchers to specify a need to provide accurate and reliable information about synchronicity experiences for mental health professionals.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
* Another 2016 study of 226 therapists found that 44% reported synchronicity experiences in the therapeutic setting, and 67% felt that synchronicity experiences could be useful for therapy.<ref name=RoxburghRidgwayRoe2016>{{cite journal|last1=Roxburgh|first1=Elizabeth C.|last2=Ridgway|first2=Sophie|last3=Roe|first3=Chris A.|year=2016|title=Synchronicity in the therapeutic setting: A survey of practitioners|journal=Counselling and Psychotherapy Research|volume=16|number=1|pages=44–53|doi=10.1002/capr.12057}}</ref> The study also points out ways of explanations of synchronicity: {{Quotation|For example, psychologists were significantly more likely than both counsellors and psychotherapists to agree that chance coincidence was an explanation for synchronicity, whereas, counsellors and psychotherapists were significantly more likely than psychologists to agree that a need for unconscious material to be expressed could be an explanation for synchronicity experiences in the clinical setting.<ref name=Roxburgh2013>Roxburgh, Elizabeth. 2013. [https://bial.com/media/2024/21_an-investigation-into-the-prevalence_bolsa8210_07022013.pdf "An investigation into the prevalence and phenomenology of synchronicity experiences in the clinical setting"] Bial.com</ref>}}
* A 2018 study shows that the concept of synchronicity finds clinical application in psychotherapies in form of a Jungian-specific approach to interpretation. Already the conceptual idea of synchronicity offers the therapist an additional therapeutic tool to put potentially meaningful experienced coincidences between him and the patient into a subjective narrative, which can be experienced by the patient as meaningful. If a synchronistic moment is sensitively recognized, thematized and interpreted as such, it can have positive consequences for the therapeutic relationship and therapy.<ref name="Reefschläger2018">{{cite web|last=Reefschläger|first=Gunnar I.|year=2018|url=https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-euv/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/385/file/Reefschlaeger_Gunnar.pdf|title=Synchronizität in der Psychotherapie : Eine quantitativ–qualitative Untersuchung der strukturellen Beschaffenheit synchronistischer Phänomene im psychotherapeutischen Prozess|website=Opus4.kobv.de|access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1037/pst0000402 | title=Jungian psychotherapy, spirituality, and synchronicity: Theory, applications, and evidence base | date=2022 | last1=Roesler | first1=Christian | last2=Reefschläger | first2=Gunnar I. | journal=Psychotherapy | volume=59 | issue=3 | pages=339–350 | pmid=34881942 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/WWMRUMEZWSZUDW9N6VZJ?target=10.1111/1468-5922.12975|title=Structural Aspects of Synchronistic Moments in Psychotherapy—Findings of an Empirical Study of Synchronicities in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis|journal=Journal of Analytical Psychology|date=February 2024 |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=72–87 |doi=10.1111/1468-5922.12975 |last1=Reefschläger |first1=Gunnar Immo |pmid=38214301 |s2cid=266962164 }}</ref>
* A 2020 review summarized research into synchronicity, including investigations of statistical patterns like Fibonacci time intervals that might influence the frequency of meaningful coincidences. The review highlighted that such events appear to occur more often than random chance would suggest, raising questions about conventional probability theories and suggesting new avenues for scientific exploration.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Sacco |first=Robert G. |date=2020-10-22 |title=Synchronicity Research |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/19409060-20201002 |journal=International Journal of Jungian Studies |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=41–68 |doi=10.1163/19409060-20201002 |issn=1940-9052}}</ref>