Handbook of Mindfulness ─ Theory, Research, and Practice

An authoritative handbook, this volume offers both a comprehensive review of the current science of mindfulness and a guide to its ongoing evolution. Leading scholars explore mindfulness in the context of contemporary psychological theories of attention, perceptual processing, motivation, and behavior, as well as within a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue with the contemplative traditions. After surveying basic research from neurobiological, cognitive, emotioffective, and interpersonal perspectives, the book delves into applications of mindfulness practice in healthy and clinical populations, reviewing a growing evidence base. Examined are interventions for behavioral and emotion dysregulation disorders, depression, anxiety, and addictions, and for physical health conditions.

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. Dr. Brown regularly lectures on mindfulness at universities across the United Statesand Europe and was Visiting Professor at the University of Paris.

J. David Creswell, PhD, is Associate Professor in Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. 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 at the journal [ital]PLoS ONE[/ital]. Dr. Creswell is a recipient of the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology.

Richard M. Ryan, PhD, is Senior Research Professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education (IPPE) at Australian Catholic University, with a secondary appointment at the University of Rochester in New York. He is a co-developer of self-determination theory, a theory of human motivation and personality development that has been applied in schools, clinics, sport teams, virtual environments and work organizations around the world. The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Ryan is an Honorary Member of the German Psychological Society and was Visiting Professor at the Max Planck Institute, the University of Bath, and Nanyang Technical University.