Kirk Warren Brown - Handbook of Mindfulness ; Theory, Research, and Practice

Edited by

Kirk Warren Brown
J. David Creswell
Richard M. Ryan

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Handbook of mindfulness : theory, research, and practice / edited by Kirk Warren Brown, J. David Creswell, Richard M. Ryan.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4625-1890-6 (hardback)

1. Attention. 2. Awareness. 3. MeditationTherapeutic use. I. Brown, Kirk Warren, editor. II. Creswell, J. David, editor. III. Ryan, Richard M., editor.

BF327.H366 2015

158dc23

2014020504

Kirk Warren Brown, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he studies the role of attention to and awareness of internal states and behavior, with a particular interest in the nature of mindfulness, and the role of mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions in emotion regulation, behavior regulation, and mental health in healthy and clinical populations. He has received fellowships from several foundations and from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Dr. Brown regularly lectures on mindfulness at universities 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 and Senior Research Professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at Australian Catholic University, with a secondary appointment at the University of Rochester. He is a codeveloper of self-determination theory, an internationally researched theory of human motivation and personality development that has been applied in schools, clinics, sports teams, virtual environments, and work organizations around the world. Dr. Ryan is a fellow of several professional organizations, an honorary member of the German Psychological Society, and the recipient of distinguished career awards from several societies and fellowships from the Cattell and Leverhulme foundations. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the Max Planck Institute, the University of Bath, and Nanyang Technical University.

Joanna J. Arch, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado

David S. Black, PhD, MPH, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Sarah Bowen, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Kirk Warren Brown, PhD, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Linda E. Carlson, PhD, RPsych, Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

James Carmody, PhD, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

Haley Carroll, BS, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Jennifer S. Cheavens, PhD, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

J. David Creswell, PhD, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jake H. Davis, MA, Philosophy Program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York

Edward L. Deci, PhD, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Elissa S. Epel, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Norman A. S. Farb, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rupert Gethin, PhD, Department of Religion and Theology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Robert J. Goodman, MA, Department of Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

Steven C. Hayes, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada

Sarah A. Hayes-Skelton, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

Julie Anne Irving, PhD, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hooria Jazaieri, MFT, Department of Psychology, Institute of Personality and Social Research, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

Lauren N. Landy, MA, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado

Sophie A. Lazarus, MS, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Emily K. Lindsay, MS, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Douglas M. Long, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada

Thomas R. Lynch, PhD, Personality and Emotion Biobehavioural Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Benjamin W. Nelson, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Christopher P. Niemiec, PhD, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Suzanne C. Parker, PhD, Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, DC

Michael I. Posner, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Jordan T. Quaglia, MS, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia