Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness

Amanda Ie is a researcher in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University (PhD from Harvard University; BSc from Brown University). Her research interests include thought suppression, intrusive thought contents, mindfulness, and multitasking.Christelle Ngnoumen is a doctoral student and researcher in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University (B.A. Brown University). Her research explores the mindlessness of stereotyping, implicit social cognition, and face perception.Ellen Langer is Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and widely considered to be the “mother” of mindfulness. She is the recipient of four distinguished scientist awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, among a host of other honors, and has authored over 200 research articles on mindfulness and topics such as perceived control, aging, learning, and decision-making. She is the author of 11 books, including Mindfulness (1990); The Power of Mindful Learning (1997); On Becoming an Artist: Reinventing Yourself Through Mindful Creativity (2007); and most recently, Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility (2009).

“Overall, the Handbook is comprehensive, exhaustive, and designed to promote the “cultivation of thought to create flourishing and meaningful life” (p. 1,127). Who could ask for more?” PsycCritiques, July 2015

• Notes on Editors ixNotes on Contributors xiGeneral Introduction xxxiPart I Origins and Theory 11 Mindfulness Forward and Back 7Ellen J. Langer2 Thriving With Uncertainty: Opening the Mind and Cultivating Inner Well-Being Through Contemplative and Creative Mindfulness 21Daniel J. Siegel and Madeleine W. Siegel3 Eastern and Western Approaches to Mindfulness: Similarities, Differences, and Clinical Implications 48James Carmody4 From Early Buddhist Traditions to Western Psychological Science 58Andrew Olendzki5 Mindfulness Meditation from the Eastern Inner Science Tradition 74Carin Muhr and Lene Handberg6 Exemplifying a Shift of Paradigm: Exploring the Psychology of Possibility and Embracing the Instability of Knowing 115Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi7 Art of Mindfulness: Integrating Eastern and Western Approaches 139Maja DjikicPart II Consciousness, Cognition, and Emotion 1498 Mindfulness: An Antidote for Wandering Minds 153Michael D. Mrazek, James M. Broadway, Dawa T. Phillips, Michael S. Franklin, Benjamin W. Mooneyham, and Jonathan W. Schooler9 Mindfulness: Deautomatization of Cognitive and Emotional Life 168Yoona Kang, June Gruber, and Jeremy R. Gray10 Toward a Mindful–Unmindful Cognitive Style: Lessons from the Study of Field Dependence–Independence 186Jack Demick11 The Motivated and Mindful Perceiver: Relationships Among Motivated Perception, Mindfulness, and Self-Regulation 200Emily Balcetis, Shana Cole, and Sana Sherali12 Mindfulness, Interest-Taking, and Self-Regulation: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on the Role of Awareness in Optimal Functioning 216C. Scott Rigby, Patricia P. Schultz, and Richard M. Ryan13 Mindful Mindlessness in Goal Pursuit 236Ana P. Gantman, Peter M. Gollwitzer, and Gabriele Oettingen14 Mindful Versus Mindless Thinking and Persuasion 258Andrew Luttrell, Pablo Briñol, and Richard E. Petty15 Mindfulness and Heuristics 279Wray Herbert16 I-D Compensation: Exploring the Relations Among Mindfulness, a Close Brush With Death, and Our Hunter-Gatherer Heritage 290Leonard L. Martin, Matthew A. Sanders, Amey Kulkarni, Wyatt C. Anderson, and Whitney L. Heppner17 Answering Questions: A Comparison of Survey Satisficing and Mindlessness 312David L. Vannette and Jon A. Krosnick18 The Impact of Mindfulness on Creativity Research and Creativity Enhancement 328Shelley Carson19 Mediating Mindful Social Interactions Through Design 345Kristina Niedderer20 On Being Mindful of Time 367Stuart Albert21 Mindfulness and the Neuroscience of Influence 387Emily B. FalkPart III Leadership and Organizational Behavior 40522 Organizing for Mindfulness 407Kathleen M. Sutcliffe and Timothy J. Vogus23 Mindfulness and Organizational Defenses: Exploring Organizational and Institutional Challenges to Mindfulness 424Silvia Jordan and Idar Alfred Johannessen24 Mindful Leadership 443James L. Ritchie-Dunham25 Mindfulness at Work 458Michael Pirson26 Two (or More) Concepts of Mindfulness in Law and Conflict Resolution 471Leonard L. Riskin27 Mindfulness in Law 487Scott L. RogersPart IV Health, Well-Being, and Performance 52728 Mindfulness: A Transtherapeutic Approach for Transdiagnostic Mental Processes 533Jeffrey Greeson, Eric L. Garland, and David Black29 Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility 563Michael Hogan30 What Will It Take for Physicians to Practice Mindfully? Promoting Quality of Care, Quality of Caring, Resilience, and Well-Being 584Ronald M. Epstein31 Mindfulness As/Is Care: Biopolitics, Narrative Empathy, and Technoscientific Practices 608Alexander I. Stingl and Sabrina M. Weiss32 Training the Mindful Health Practitioner: Why Attention Matters 630Craig Hassed33 Mindfulness, Trauma, and Trance: A Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Approach 649Ronald A. Alexander and Elisha Goldstein34 From Cushions to Couches, Shramanas to Shrinks: What Is Lost and What Is Gained When Mindfulness Becomes a Tool of Medicine and Psychotherapy 688Jason Clower and Tracy Peng35 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness: Specific Processes, Evidence, and Methods 705Lance M. McCracken36 Mindfulness Meditation and Relapse Prophylaxis in Unipolar Mood Disorder 719Jennifer N. Felder, Sona Dimidjian, and Zindel Segal37 Mindfulness and Anxiety 732Scott C. Woodruff, Diane B. Arnkoff, Carol R. Glass, and Robert K. Hindman38 Putting the Self in Context: A Mindful Approach to Social Anxiety 755LeeAnn Cardaciotto, Timothy W. Wright, and Emily J. Winch39 Mindfulness Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 776Helané Wahbeh40 Mindfulness Training Targets Addiction at the Attention–Emotion Interface: A Neurocognitive Framework 794Eric L. Garland and Brett Froeliger41 Applying Principles of Mindlessness–Mindfulness Theory and Drug-Injecting Behavior 818Carla Treloar42 Mindfulness for Chronic Pain and Psychophysiologic Disorders: Combining Eastern and Western Concepts 834Howard Schubiner43 A Mindful Approach to Chronic Illness 852Deborah Phillips and Francesco Pagnini44 Applications of Mindfulness in the Treatment of Women’s Sexual Dysfunction 864Lori A. Brotto and Kelly B. Smith45 The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions During Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes and the Mother’s Physical and Mental Health: Integrating Western and Eastern Perspectives 881Sigal Zilcha-Mano46 Mindfulness: A Nonpharmacological Approach to Diabetes Management 898CynthiaR.GrossandDianeK.Reibel47 Mindful Eating and Mindless Eating: The Science and the Practice 913Jean L. Kristeller and Elissa Epel48 Teaching Clients Mindful Eating Skills 934Susan Albers49 De-Stressing Stress: The Power of Mindsets and the Art of Stressing Mindfully 948Alia Crum and Christopher Lyddy50 Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training: An Approach for Enhancing Performance and Building Resilience in High-Stress Contexts 964Elizabeth A. Stanley51 Mindfulness and Performance 986Zella E. Moore and Frank L. Gardner52 Mindfulness in Sport Performance 1004Timothy R. Pineau, Carol R. Glass, and Keith A. KaufmanPart V Education, Creativity, and Coaching 103553 Mindfulness in Schools: Where Are We and Where Might We Go Next? 1037Katherine Weare54 Mindfulness in Education 1054Rolf Reber55 Mindfulness With Youth: Sowing the Seeds of a Mindful Society 1071Christopher Willard56 East Meets West in the Pedagogy of the Mindfulness-Based Interventions 1085Donald McCown57 Inducing Mindfulness Through Life-Philosophical Lecturing 1105Esa Saarinen and Tuuli Lehti58 The Role of Mindfulness in Peace Education in the Context of Conflict 1132Gavriel SalomonIndex 1143