Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice

Kirk Warren Brown, J. David Creswell, Richard M. Ryan

Guilford Publications, Jan 15, 2015 - Psychology - 466 pages

"While we have learned a great deal about mindfulness in the past 30 years, unquestionably the field of mindfulness science is still maturing, and in the chapters herein the authors have taken pains to point out how the current research is limited in its methods and conclusions, and have pointed to specific ways in which future research studies can overcome these limitations. That said, the work represented in this Handbook is among the best conducted to date, measured in terms of scientific creativity, sophistication, and insight. Our hope is that this volume offers readers both a panoramic view of the current science of mindfulness and a compass to help guide its ongoing evolution"--

Contents

• The Evolution of Mindfulness Science: 1
• Part I Historical and Conceptual Overview of Mindfulness: 7
• Part II Mindfulness in the Context of Contemporary Psychological Theory: 79
• Part III The Basic Science of Mindfulness: 149
• Part IV Mindfulness Interventions for Healthy Populations: 267
• Part V Mindfulness Interventions for Clinical Populations: 327
• Author Index: 441
• Subject Index: 455

About the author

Kirk Warren Brown, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He studies the role of attention to and awareness of internal states and behavior, with a particular interest in mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions. He has received fellowships from several foundations and from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Dr. Brown lectures widely across the United States and Europe and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris.

J. David Creswell, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, where he conducts research on stress and coping, with a focus on pathways linking mindfulness meditation training with stress reduction and stress-related disease outcomes. He serves as an academic editor for the journal PLoS ONE. Dr. Creswell is a recipient of the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology.

Richard M. Ryan, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, Research Professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at Australian Catholic University, and Professor of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology at the University of Rochester. Dr. Ryan is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the American Educational Research Association, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. He received distinguished career awards from the International Society for Self and Identity and the International Network on Personal Meaning, as well as a Shavelson Distinguished Researcher Award, presented by the International Global SELF Research Centre, among other honors. An honorary member of the German Psychological Society and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Thessaly in Greece, he is also a recipient of a James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowship and a Leverhulme Fellowship. Dr. Ryan has also been a visiting professor at the National Institute of Education in Singapore, the University of Bath in England, and the Max Planck Institute in Berlin, Germany.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice
• Editors: Kirk Warren Brown, J. David Creswell, Richard M. Ryan
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Guilford Publications, 2015
• ISBN: 1462518907, 9781462518906
• Length: 466 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Psychiatry / General; Psychology / Clinical Psychology; Social Science / Social Work