Review of: "The Polyvagal Theory in Contemporary Psychology: Why Popularity Should Not Be Confused with Scientific Validity"

I appreciate the effort to critically scrutinize psychological theories.Theory represents the highest level of scienti c explanation, yet psychology often lacks clearly de ned and formally articulated theories (Eronen & Bringmann, 2021;Oberauer & Lewandowsky, 2019).Being able to understand why phenomena occur -going beyond mere predictive ability -can indeed enhance our understanding of human thought and behavior.I also fully agree with your concluding statement that "The future of psychology depends on its ability to integrate complexity without abandoning rigor, favoring theories that are not only intuitive but suf ciently supported by data to be clinically and scienti cally responsible" (p. 6).The attempt to scrutinize both the soundness of psychological theories and the validity of the instruments used in the eld is undoubtedly valuable (Flake & Fried, 2020;Schimmack, 2021).Addressing the theory crisis and the validity crisis appears to be a necessary step toward a more rigorous and ultimately more useful psychology.That said, I see several limitations in the present work. Main limitations 1. Popularity and diffusion of Polyvagal TheoryYou state that "Polyvagal Theory (PVT) has gained remarkable popularity within clinical psychology, psychotherapy, trauma studies, and applied neuroscience.Despite its widespread adoption in training Qeios qeios.com