Brain, behavior, and immunity
May 1, 2022
Emily K. Lindsay, J. D. Creswell, Harrison J. Stern et al.
Loneliness is a potent psychosocial stressor that predicts poor health and mortality among older adults, possibly in part by accelerating age-related declines in immunocompetence. Mindfulness interventions have shown promise for reducing loneliness and improving markers of physical health. In a sample of lonely older adults, this two-arm parallel trial tested whether mindfulness training...
Psychosomatic Medicine
April 1, 2019
J. D. Creswell, Emily K. Lindsay, Daniella K. Villalba et al.
Objective There has been substantial research and public interest in mindfulness interventions, biological pathways, and health for the past two decades. This article reviews recent developments in understanding relationships between mindfulness interventions and physical health. Methods A selective review was conducted with the goal of synthesizing conceptual and empirical relationships...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
February 11, 2019
Emily K. Lindsay, S. Young, K. Brown et al.
Significance Loneliness (i.e., feeling alone) and social isolation (i.e., being alone) are among the most robust known risk factors for poor health and accelerated mortality. Yet mitigating these social risk factors is challenging, as few interventions have been effective for both reducing loneliness and increasing social contact. Mindfulness interventions, which train skills in monitoring...
Clinical Psychology Review
November 5, 2016
Emily K. Lindsay, J. D. Creswell
Despite evidence linking trait mindfulness and mindfulness training with a broad range of effects, still little is known about its underlying active mechanisms. Mindfulness is commonly defined as (1) the ongoing monitoring of present-moment experience (2) with an orientation of acceptance. Building on conceptual, clinical, and empirical work, we describe a testable theoretical account to help...