Nonlinear dynamical systems (NDS) theory offers new constructs, methods and
explanations for phenomena that have in turn produced new paradigms of thinking within …

Background Traumatic stress, suicide, and impulsive violence arguably are three of the most
consequential problems facing societies today. Self-regulation shift theory is introduced to …

Objective The purpose of this study was to identify self‐organised dynamics in sessions with
dialogical patterns (ie reflective interactions of self‐states associated with psychological …

Past research suggests that small groups are self-organizing systems, and that social
resilience may be measured as the meta-flexibility of group dynamics: the ability to shift back …

According to the minimum entropy principle, efficient cognitive performance is produced with
a neurocognitive strategy that involves a minimum of degrees of freedom. Although high …

Despite an upswing of interest in learning dynamics, and theoretical models that endorse
particular sequences of learning behaviors, learning scientists lack the analytical tools …

How does novelty arise? While modern scholarly investigations show that new complex
system paths arise due to dissipative structures post-bifurcation, few consider the subjectivity …

Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), characterized by newfound meaning, perspective, and purpose
for trauma survivors, remains enigmatic in its nature. This state is thought to arise from the …

Since the 1980s, the domain of learning environments has shown considerable growth, in
terms of both topics of study and methods used to study learning environments. In the first …

We explored the idea that the timing of executives' career moves was consistent with Bak's
notion of self-organized criticality. Consistent with predictions, time series analysis of job …