Meditation as psychotherapy: a new look at the evidence
Jonathan Cole Smith
Oxford University Press eBooks August 9, 1990 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198521945.003.0008 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 9 |
| Key points | Argues that interpreting meditation research is difficult and proposes a skills-based approach, separating what the authors describe as the three principal skills involved in meditation practice. Contends that focusing on these skills rather than the generic notion of meditation can help clinicians use meditation effectively and enable new, possibly more effective research. |
Abstract
This chapter reviews traditional evidence and describes the difficulties of interpeting the results before arguing for a skills-based approach to understanding meditation. The chapter separates out what it states are the three principal skills involved in meditation practice and urges that we focus on these rather than on the generic notion of meditation. Using this strategy the chapter shows how clinicians can effectively use meditation to help others and how new and possibly more effective research can be conducted.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cited by 3
- Buddhist psychology and its practical application in the West Mentálhigiéné és Pszichoszomatika June 1, 2010
- Eastern meditative techniques and hypnosis: a new synthesis. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis October 1, 2003
- Isometric squeeze relaxation (progressive relaxation) vs meditation: absorption and focusing as predictors of state effects. Perceptual and Motor Skills December 1, 1992