Björn Paulini

Christian Faith as a Stabilising Factor in Existential Crises: An Interdisciplinary Analysis Across Psychology, Stoicism, and Religious Studies

Phases of existential disruption expose the fragility of human autonomy. Stability is often understood today as a product of personal control. When that control collapses, psychological disintegration becomes likely. This article examines the stabilising function of Christian fai...

Stoic Conduct as an Intervention for Stress Reduction in Executives

Executives in their working lives are exposed to a variety of stressors that, in the absence of suitable coping strategies, culminate in chronic stress and consequent health disorders. In healthcare and in sales in particular, executives are affected by burnout, from which follow...

Digital Overstimulation and Inner Autonomy: A Stoic-Psychological Model of Cognitive Stability

Digital technologies alter attention, emotion regulation, and psychological self-steering at a historically new intensity. Permanent stimulus availability, algorithmic attention capture, and continuous interruption fragment cognitive processes and increase psychological load. Thi...

[DUPLICATE - superseded by 10.5281/zenodo.20252367] Stoic Attitude as a Psychological Resource: An Integrative Model of Stoic Cognition, Emotion, and Action in Light of Modern Self-Regulation

NOTE: This record is a duplicate. The canonical version is 10.5281/zenodo.20252367. This article develops a three-dimensional model of Stoic attitude as a psychological resource. Stoic attitude is neither emotional numbness nor moral indifference — it is the interaction of Stoic...

Faith and Inner Leadership: The Integration of Christian and Stoic Virtue Ethics for Resilient Leadership in the Digital Age

Leadership in contemporary organisations is marked by volatility, moral complexity, and the erosion of stable value frames. This article develops an integrated theoretical model that connects Christian virtue ethics and Stoic philosophy — Virtue-Centered Inner Governance. Both tr...

[DUPLICATE - superseded by 10.5281/zenodo.20252285] Stoic Self-Regulation and Depression: Between Acceptance and Resignation

NOTE: This record is a duplicate. The canonical version is 10.5281/zenodo.20252285. This article examines possible relations between Stoic philosophy and modern psychological concepts in the context of depressive burden. Central Stoic principles — the distinction between controll...

Stoic Self-Regulation and Depression: Between Acceptance and Resignation

This article examines possible relations between Stoic philosophy and modern psychological concepts in the context of depressive burden. Central Stoic principles - the distinction between controllable and uncontrollable factors, reflection on one's appraisals, and orientation tow...

Stoic Leadership Orientation: Conceptual Foundations for a Future Scale

This paper introduces the Stoic Leadership Orientation Scale (SLOS). The scale captures dispositional tendencies that map the classical Stoic virtues onto leadership in digital work environments. The conceptual foundation links Stoic virtue ethics with contemporary psychological...

Stoic Self-Regulation and Depression: Between Acceptance and Resignation

This article examines possible relations between Stoic philosophy and modern psychological concepts in the context of depressive burden. Central Stoic principles - the distinction between controllable and uncontrollable factors, reflection on one's appraisals, and orientation tow...

Inner Strength in Uncertain Times: Psychological and Spiritual Foundations of a Resilient Life

Uncertainty has become the new normal. People lose relationships, jobs, orientation, and at times the ground beneath their own sense of self. Those who seek security exclusively in external conditions exhaust themselves. Inner strength does not arise from controlling the world bu...