The psychology of meditation : research and practice / edited by Michael A. West ; contributors, Martine Batchelor [and twenty-four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

West, Michael A., editor.

Batchelor, Martine, contributor.

Standardized Title:

The psychology of meditation (2016)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meditation--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past 20 years meditation has grown in popularity across the world - practiced by the general public, as well as by an increasing number of psychologists within their daily clinical practice. This text explores the practice of meditation and mindfulness, providing accounts of the cognitive and emotional processes elicited in meditation.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of contributors; Part 1 Meditation perspectives; 1 The practice of meditation; Michael A. West; 2 Meditation: Practice and experience; Martine Batchelor; 3 How conscious experience comes about, and why meditation is helpful; Guy Claxton; 4 Fish discovering water: Meditation as a process of recognition; James Carmody; 5 Psychology of meditation: Philosophical perspectives; Loriliai Biernacki; Part 2 Therapeutic and clinical applications of meditation; 6 Traditional and secular views of psychotherapeutic applications of mindfulness and meditation

Lynn C. Waelde and Jason M. Thompson7 Meditation and the management of pain; Vidyamala Burch; 8 Addictive disorders; Sarah Bowen, Matthew Enkema, Corey Roos, Haley Douglas, Erin Harrop, Tatyana Kholodkov, and Katie Witkiewitz; 9 Meditation and physical health; Linda E. Carlson; 10 The cognitive and affective neurosciences of meditation; Antonino Raffone; Part 3 Meditation in workplaces and schools; 11 Mindfulness and meditation in the workplace: An acceptance and commitment therapy approach; Frank W. Bond, Paul E. Flaxman, and Joda Lloyd; 12 Mindfulness in education; Katherine Weare

Part 4 Conclusions13 Meditation: Future theory and research; Peter Sedlmeier, Juliane Eberth, and Maika Puta; 14 How meditation changes lives: Practice, research, and personal journeys; Michael A. West; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 19, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-100278-X

0-19-182042-3

0-19-100277-1

OCLC:

935258917