Sources for Research Findings
The Approach
1 The Mental Health Foundation. (2010). The Mindfulness Report. London: The Mental Health Foundation. http://www.bemindful.co.uk/about_mindfulness/mindfulness_evidence#
2 Davidson, R. J., Kabat-Zinn, J., Schumacher, J., Rosenkranz, M., Muller, D., Santorelli, S. F., et al. (2003). “Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation.” Psychosomatic Medicine, 65(4), 564–570.
3 Lieberman, M. D., Eisenberger, N. I., Crockett, M. J., Tom, S. M., Pfeifer, J. H., & Way, B. M. (2007). “Putting Feelings Into Words: Affect Labeling Disrupts Amygdala Activity in Response to Affective Stimuli.” [Article]. Psychological Science, 18(5), 421–428. doi: 10:1111/j.1467-9280:2007:01916.x
Creswell, J. D., Way, B. M., Eisenberger, N. I., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). “Neural correlates of dispositional mindfulness during affect labeling.” Psychosomatic Medicine, 69(6), 560–565. doi: 10:1097/PSY.0b013e3180f6171f.
4 Benson H., Beary J. F., Carol M. P. “The relaxation response.” Psychiatry, 1974; 37: 37–45.
Wallace R. K., Benson H., Wilson A. F. “A wakeful hypometabolic state.” Am J Physiol, 1971; 221: 795–799.
Hoffman J. W., Benson H., Arns P. A. et al. “Reduced sympathetic nervous system responsivity associated with the relaxation response.” Science, 1982; 215: 190–192.
Peters R. K., Benson H., Peters J. M. “Daily relaxation response breaks in a working population: II. Effects on blood pressure.” Am J Public Health, 1977; 67: 954–959.
Bleich H. L., Boro E. S. “Systemic hypertension and the relaxation response.” N Engl J Med, 1977; 296: 1152–1156.
Benson H., Beary J. F., Carol M. P. “The relaxation response.” Psychiatry, 1974; 37: 37–45.
Davidson, R. J., Kabat-Zinn, J., Schumacher, J., Rosenkranz, M., Muller, D., Santorelli, S. F., et al. (2003). “Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation.” Psychosomatic Medicine, 65(4),564–570. doi: 10:1097/01.psy.0000077505:67574.e3.
5 Miller, John J., Ken Fletcher, and Jon Kabat-Zinn. 1995. “Three-year follow-up and clinical implications of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention in the treatment of anxiety disorders.” General Hospital Psychiatry 17, (3) (05): 192–200.
Kabat-Zinn, J., Massion, A. O., Kristeller, J., Peterson, L. G., Fletcher, K., Pbert, L., et al. (1992). “Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders.” American Journal of Psychiatry, 149, 936–943.
The Practice
1 Grant, J. A., Courtemanche, J., Duerden, E. G., Duncan, G. H., & Rainville, P. (2010). “Cortical thickness and pain sensitivity in zen meditators.” Emotion, 10(1), 43–53. doi: 10:1037/a0018334.
2 Kuyken, W., Byford, S., Taylor, R. S., Watkins, E., Holden, E., White, K., et al. (2008). “Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to prevent relapse in recurrent depression.” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(6), 966–978. doi: 10:1037/a0013786.
3 Kabat-Zinn, J., Wheeler, E., Light, T., Skillings, A., Scharf, M. J., Cropley, T. G., et al. (1998). “Influence of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention on rates of skin clearing in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis undergoing phototherapy (UVB) and photochemotherapy (PUVA).” Psychosomatic Medicine, 60(5), 625–632.
4 Hofmann, S. G., Sawyer, A. T., Witt, A. A., & Oh, D. (2010). “The effect of mindfulness-based therapy on anxiety and depression: A meta-analytic review.” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78(2), 169–183. doi: 10:1037/a0018555.
5 Buck Louis, G. M., Lum, K. J., Sundaram, R., Chen, Z., Kim, S., Lynch, C. D.,… Pyper, C. “Stress reduces conception probabilities across the fertile window: evidence in support of relaxation.” Fertility and Sterility, In Press, Corrected Proof. doi: 10:1016/j.fertnstert.2010:06.078.
6 University of Oxford (2010, August 11). “Study suggests high stress levels may delay women getting pregnant.” Retrieved January 12, 2011, from http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_releases_for_journalists/100811.html.
The Integration
1 Kristeller, J. L., & Hallett, C. B. (1999). “An Exploratory Study of a Meditation-based Intervention for Binge Eating Disorder.” Journal of Health Psychology, 4(3), 357–36.
Tang, Y. Y., Ma, Y., Fan, Y., Feng, H., Wang, J., Feng, S.,… Fan, M. (2009). “Central and autonomic nervous system interaction is altered by short-term meditation.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(22), 8865–8870.
Tang, Y.-Y., Lu, Q., Geng, X., Stein, E. A., Yang, Y., & Posner, M. I. (2010). “Short-term meditation induces white matter changes in the anterior cingulate.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(35), 15649–15652.
2 University of Pennsylvania, (2010, February 12). “Building Fit Minds Under Stress: Penn Neuroscientists Examine the Protective Effects of Mindfulness Training.” Retrieved January 9, 2011, from http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/building-fit-minds-under-stress-penn-neuroscientists-examine-protective-effects-mindfulness-tra.
3 Jacobs, G. D., Benson, H., & Friedman, R. (1996). “Perceived Benefits in a Behavioral-Medicine Insomnia Program: A Clinical Report.” The American Journal of Medicine, 100(2), 212–216. doi: 10:1016/s0002-9343(97)89461-2.
Ong, J. C., Shapiro, S. L., & Manber, R. (2008). “Combining Mindfulness Meditation with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Insomnia: A Treatment-Development Study.” Behavior Therapy, 39(2), 171–182. doi: 10:1016/j.beth.2007:07.002.
Ong, J. C., Shapiro, S. L., & Manber, R. (2009). “Mindfulness Meditation and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Naturalistic 12-Month Follow-up.” EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing, 5(1), 30–36. doi: 10:1016/j.explore.2008:10.004.
4 Zeidan, F., Johnson, S. K., Diamond, B. J., David, Z., & Goolkasian, P. (2010). “Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of brief mental training.” Consciousness and Cognition, 19(2), 597–605. doi: 10:1016/j.concog.2010:03.014.
University of Carolina, (2010, April 16). “Experiment Shows Brief Meditative Exercise Helps Cognition.” Retrieved January 9, 2011, from http://www.publicrelations.uncc.edu/default.asp?id=15&objId=656.
5 Pagnoni, G., & Cekic, M. (2007). “Age effects on gray matter volume and attentional performance in Zen meditation.” Neurobiology of Aging, 28(10), 1623–1627. doi: 10:1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007:06.008.