Russo-Netzer Pninit, Icekson Tamar
Department of Advanced Studies, Achva Academic College, Aurugot, Israel.
Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 16;13:1053296. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1053296. eCollection 2022.
Synchronicity refers to the psychological process of meaningful coincidences. The present study aimed to build and expand upon a model of synchronicity awareness and meaning-detecting (REM)-receptiveness (R) as a precondition for an exceptional encounter (E) triggering emotions and meaning-detecting (M)-by assessing the prevalence of the phenomenon and its associations with well-being.
Results from two studies reported here employing adult community samples ( = 198 and = 440) demonstrate coherent, replicable structure and good internal reliability for a 35-item, two-factor Synchronicity Awareness and Meaning-Detecting (SAMD) Scale. Synchronicity awareness (SA) and meaning-detecting (MD) scores were significantly associated with some of the Big-5 personality dimensions and tolerance for ambiguity, as well as with search for and presence of meaning. Furthermore, process mediation models showed: (a) synchronicity awareness mediated the relationship between search for meaning and meaning-detecting, and (b) optimism and presence of meaning in life partly mediated the relationship between meaning-detecting and life satisfaction.
The findings suggest the importance of synchronicity experiences and hold important conceptual and practical implications for understanding processes of meaning making from unexpected events and their potential contribution to individuals' well-being.
同步性是指有意义巧合的心理过程。本研究旨在构建并扩展同步性意识和意义探测（REM）接受性（R）的模型，将其作为引发情感和意义探测（M）的特殊相遇（E）的前提条件，通过评估该现象的普遍性及其与幸福感的关联来实现。
此处报告的两项采用成年社区样本（分别为198人和440人）的研究结果表明，一个包含35个项目、两因素的同步性意识和意义探测（SAMD）量表具有连贯、可重复的结构和良好的内部信度。同步性意识（SA）得分和意义探测（MD）得分与大五人格维度中的一些维度以及对模糊性的容忍度显著相关，也与对意义的寻求和意义的存在显著相关。此外，过程中介模型表明：（a）同步性意识介导了对意义的寻求与意义探测之间的关系；（b）乐观主义和生活中意义的存在部分介导了意义探测与生活满意度之间的关系。
研究结果表明同步性体验的重要性，对于理解意外事件中的意义构建过程及其对个体幸福感的潜在贡献具有重要的概念和实践意义。
