TY - JOUR
T1 - Mindfulness
T2 - Theoretical foundations and evidence for its salutary effects
AU - Brown, Kirk Warren
AU - Ryan, Richard M.
AU - Creswell, J. David
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this article was supported in part by NIH grant R01 AG025474-02 to the first author, NIH/NCI grant R01-CA 106668 to the second author, and a NIMH National Research Service Award to the third author. We thank Guy Armstrong, Jeremy Gray, Hector Myers and his research group, Shinzen Young, and Lidia Zylowska for helpful comments and suggestions on previous drafts of this article.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Interest in mindfulness and its enhancement has burgeoned in recent years. In this article, we discuss in detail the nature of mindfulness and its relation to other, established theories of attention and awareness in day-to-day life. We then examine theory and evidence for the role of mindfulness in curtailing negative functioning and enhancing positive outcomes in several important life domains, including mental health, physical health, behavioral regulation, and interpersonal relationships. The processes through which mindfulness is theorized to have its beneficial effects are then discussed, along with proposed directions for theoretical development and empirical research.
AB - Interest in mindfulness and its enhancement has burgeoned in recent years. In this article, we discuss in detail the nature of mindfulness and its relation to other, established theories of attention and awareness in day-to-day life. We then examine theory and evidence for the role of mindfulness in curtailing negative functioning and enhancing positive outcomes in several important life domains, including mental health, physical health, behavioral regulation, and interpersonal relationships. The processes through which mindfulness is theorized to have its beneficial effects are then discussed, along with proposed directions for theoretical development and empirical research.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36348930454&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10478400701598298
DO - 10.1080/10478400701598298
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36348930454
SN - 1047-840X
VL - 18
SP - 211
EP - 237
JO - Psychological Inquiry
JF - Psychological Inquiry
IS - 4
ER -
