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107 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 891 Psychological Treatments and Assessments papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

What the literature leaves open

  • While associations can be observed, the direction and nature of these relationships remain unclear.

    Adjustment problem, Peer Pressure, and Academic Performance in Undergraduate University Resident Students: A Correlational Study · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for counselling approaches that are not only practically effective, but also grounded in a strong philosophical foundation. CBT is often understood narrowly as a collection of techniques, rather than as a counseling approach with a solid philosophical foundation.

    Exploring The Essence of CBT: an Ontological, Epistemological, and Axiological Analysis, and The Contributions of The Thoughts of Aaron T. Beck and Albert Ellis to Guidance and Counseling · 2026 · DOI

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), as the dominant approach in modern guidance and counselling practice, needs to be studied in depth through the perspectives of ontology, epistemology, and axiology so that it is not understood merely as an intervention technique.

    Exploring The Essence of CBT: an Ontological, Epistemological, and Axiological Analysis, and The Contributions of The Thoughts of Aaron T. Beck and Albert Ellis to Guidance and Counseling · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a gap in effective stress-management measures for executives. Existing measures often operate in isolation and do not fit the individual life situation of the executive.

    Stoic Conduct as an Intervention for Stress Reduction in Executives · 2026 · DOI

  • The connection between Stoicism and depression requires differentiation, - Stoic principles can be misread as promoting emotional hardness or suppression

    Stoic Self-Regulation and Depression: Between Acceptance and Resignation · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of research on the relative effectiveness of psychodrama and interpersonally oriented verbal groups. The underutilization of psychodrama despite its potential effectiveness.

    Comparison of interpersonally oriented verbal and action-oriented psychodrama groups by graduate student participant/ observers · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of the worthlessness core belief and its relationship to relational stressors. The study highlights the need for further research on the effectiveness of CBT-based interventions in modifying core beliefs and increasing perceived control.

    Bilişsel Davranışçı Terapi Sürecinde Değersizlik Çekirdek İnancı ve İlişkisel Stresörlerin İncelenmesi: Bir Vaka Sunumu · 2026 · DOI

  • In conclusion, CBT-based interventions appear to be effective in facilitating awareness of worthlessness beliefs and in developing coping skills for relational stressors; future studies are recommended to support this process with psychometric measures.

    Bilişsel Davranışçı Terapi Sürecinde Değersizlik Çekirdek İnancı ve İlişkisel Stresörlerin İncelenmesi: Bir Vaka Sunumu · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the literature regarding the examination of Turkish EFL teachers' personality traits, English language teaching methods, classroom management anxiety, and mindfulness levels

    The Turkish EFL Teacher Profile: Insights into Personality, Mindfulness, Classroom Management Anxiety, and Instructional Methods · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should investigate the use of the MERS in different contexts and populations. The development of interventions aimed at improving metacognitive emotion regulation in special education teachers is needed. Further research is required to examine the relationship between metacognitive emotion regulation and teacher well-being and performance.

    Development and validation of a metacognitive emotion regulation scale for special education teachers for learning disabilities in Saudi Arabia · 2026 · DOI

  • The studies included in this review differed in methodology, level of evidence, sample size, measures, and age of the students. Replication of these findings is needed. The review is not exhaustive and only includes studies from six countries.

    Emotion Coaching in Schools: A Cross-National Synthesis of Theory and Emerging Evidence on Social-Emotional Learning from Six Countries · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should examine the specific factors that influence supervisory relationships and their impact on mental health outcomes. Future research should also explore the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving supervisory relationships and reducing stress and anxiety.

    Mentors or Stressors? Supervisor-Student Relationships and Mental Health in African Universities · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for more research on the impact of supervisory relationships on mental health outcomes in African universities. The current literature highlights the importance of supportive supervisory relationships, but more work is needed to understand the specific factors that influence these relationships.

    Mentors or Stressors? Supervisor-Student Relationships and Mental Health in African Universities · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in understanding the association between self-esteem and suppression of negative emotions among medical students. Prior research may not have fully addressed the specific context of medical students in Poland.

    Self-esteem and suppression of negative emotions among medical students: a cross-sectional study · 2026 · DOI

  • Exploring the precise mechanisms driving these variations is beyond the scope of this study and warrants future research with a dedicated and balanced sample size. Nevertheless, the elevated RMSEA suggests that some degree of model misfit remains, and further validation in independent samples is warranted. Although the findings support the proposed five-category response structure and two-factor construct, further replication in independent clinical and community samples, together with measurement invariance testing across demographic and diagnostic groups, is warranted before widespread implementation.

    Validation of the Chinese version of the Valued Living Questionnaire among Chinese patients with psychiatric illness · 2026 · DOI

  • The study only examined the Turkish version of the CompACT, - The study did not examine the CompACT in samples of actively deployed disaster response professionals, - Measurement invariance testing across gender, age, and professional subgroups is needed

    Turkish validation of the CompACT: assessing psychological flexibility among emergency aid and disaster management students · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of a Turkish version of the CompACT - The need for a validated measure of psychological flexibility in Turkish-speaking emergency aid and disaster management populations

    Turkish validation of the CompACT: assessing psychological flexibility among emergency aid and disaster management students · 2026 · DOI

  • The study aims to address the gap in the current understanding of stress management by developing an integrated theoretical model. The existing conceptual models of stress management are fragmented and lack a systemic interpretation.

    Stress Management as a Systemic Process of Psychological Regulation · 2026 · DOI

  • The study relies on self-reported data, which may be subject to biases. The sample size is limited, which may affect the generalizability of the findings. The study focuses on immediate interpersonal emotion regulation, which may not be representative of all social interactions.

    How do we regulate other's emotions in the here and now? Interpersonal emotion regulation strategies and nonverbal behaviors in immediate social interactions · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research should investigate the effectiveness of different emotion regulation strategies in various social contexts. The study's findings suggest that nonverbal behaviors play an important role in emotion regulation, and future research should explore this further. Future research should also examine the cultural and individual differences in emotion regulation strategies and nonverbal behaviors.

    How do we regulate other's emotions in the here and now? Interpersonal emotion regulation strategies and nonverbal behaviors in immediate social interactions · 2025 · DOI

  • Despite the international prominence of emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT), limited research exists on its acceptability among mental health workers, particularly those from contexts in Africa.

    Acceptability of Emotionally Focused Therapy in Uganda: The Views of Mental Health Workers · 2025 · DOI

  • Despite emerging supportive evidence for EFGT, study results showed quality indicator categories were insufficient to guarantee research quality and key EFT task usage.

    A Systematic Review of Emotion Focused Group Therapy Using Quality Indicators · 2024 · DOI

  • The inclusion of emotional awareness factors in EAP supervisory utilization has not been thoroughly investigated, although frequently found in the literature as a training and development objective for managers in business and education.

    Self-Disclosure as a Predictor of EAP Supervisory Utilization · 1998 · DOI

  • To examine the relationship between the daily stress inventory and other measures of stress. To develop interventions to reduce daily stress. To examine the use of the daily stress inventory in different populations.

    A daily stress inventory: Development, reliability, and validity · 1987 · DOI

  • There is a need for a reliable and valid measure of daily stress. The existing measures of stress have limitations. There is a need to examine the relationship between daily stress and other measures of stress.

    A daily stress inventory: Development, reliability, and validity · 1987 · DOI

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