Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation
The University of Melbourne · Australian Psychological Society · +16 more institutions
Abstract
During the past two decades, mindfulness meditation has gone from being a fringe topic of scientific investigation to being an occasional replacement for psychotherapy, tool of corporate well-being, widely implemented educational practice, and "key to building more resilient soldiers." Yet the mindfulness movement and empirical evidence supporting it have not gone without criticism. Misinformation and poor methodology associated with past studies of mindfulness may lead public consumers to be harmed, misled, and disappointed. Addressing such concerns, the present article discusses the difficulties of defining mindfulness, delineates the proper scope of research into mindfulness practices, and explicates…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 151.59
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 285
Authors
15- NTNicholas T. Van DamCorresponding
The University of Melbourne, Australian Psychological Society, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- MKMarieke K. van Vugt
University of Groningen, Institute of Art
- DRDavid R. Vago
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- LSLaura Schmalzl
Southern California University of Health Sciences
- CDClifford D. Saron
University of California, Davis
Topics & keywords
- Mindfulness
- Meditation
- Misinformation
- Psychology
- Contemplation
- Psychotherapist
- Harm
- Engineering ethics
- No poverty
Funding
- MAMind and Life Institute
- NINational Institute on AgingAward: R01-AG048351
- NINational Institute of Mental HealthAward: R24-MH106057
- NINational Institute of General Medical SciencesAward: U54-GM104942
- NCNational Center for Complementary and Integrative HealthAwards: UH2AT009145, R34-AT007197, K23-AT006328, R01-AT006344