Background: Mindfulness research has drawn extensively on the construct's long textual record for conceptual definitions but rarely treated that record as a source of empirical evidence. As a result, contemporary work captures cross-sectional variation across present-day populations without addressing the longer historical trajectories that produced it, leaving open questions about how cultural...
Abstract Objectives We present a bibliometric review of research on trait mindfulness published from 2003 until 2021 to determine the current state of the field and identify research trajectories. Methods A search conducted on Aug 25, 2021, using the search terms “trait mindfulness” OR “dispositional mindfulness” in the Web of Science Core Collection identified 1405 documents. Results Using...
We provide a critical review of mindfulness research, focusing on three core areas and questions. First, a meta-review and bibliometric analysis on mindfulness research trends identified a large number of meta-analyses published in the last 20 years, which tend to show positive effects on average, despite continuing questions on research quality, unclear pathways and uncertainty about the...