Empirical studies of contemplative practices / Diane Grimes, Qiu Wang and Hong Lin, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intro; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; Contemplative Science: Are We Measuring the Immeasurable?; Abstract; Introduction; The Emergence of Contemplative Science; The Murky Definition of Mindfulness; Context and Culture; Implications for Measurement; Measuring the Immeasurable; References; Chapter 2; Reconceptualizing the Measurement of Mindfulness; Abstract; Introduction; Contemporary Measurement of Mindfulness; Limited Scope of Measurement Methodology; Utilizing Secondary Constructs to Measure the Construct of Interest; Overreliance on Self-Report Questionnaires

Alternative Measurement Approaches and MethodologiesMeasuring Mindfulness Outside of the Laboratory; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Collecting High-Quality Data Outside of the Laboratory; Using Mindfulness Practice as a Measure of Mindfulness; Breath Counting; Behavioral Topography of Mindfulness Practice; Utilizing Mindfulness Practice Logs; Using a Multi-Informant Questionnaire Approach; Administering Mindfulness Questionnaires to a Third Party; Administering Mindfulness Questionnaires to an "Expert" in Mindfulness; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3

Research Design and Statistical Modeling in Contemplative Meditation StudiesAbstract; Introduction; Operational Definition and Dimensionality of Latent Construct of Mindfulness; Dimensionality of the Latent Construct of Mindfulness before 2012; Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS; Cordon & Finney, 2008); Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS; Baer, Smith, & Allen, 2004); Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI; Buchheld, Grossman, & Walach, 2001); Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R; Feldman, Hayes, Kumar, Greeson, & Laurenceau, 2007)

Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire (SMQ Chadwick, et al., 2008); Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, & Toney, 2006); Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS; Lau et al., 2006); Experiences Questionnaire (EQ; Fresco et al., 2007); Mindfulness/Mindlessness Scale (MMS; Haigh, Moore, Kashdan, & Fresco, 2011); Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS; Cardaciotto, Herbert, Forman, Moitra, & Farrow, 2008); A Synthesis of Most Recent Literature: Research Design and Statistical Modeling; Literature Selection; Descriptive Results

Study Design Trends in Mindfulness and Contemplative ResearchStatistical Modeling Trends in Mindfulness and Contemplative Research; Summary; Explicit-Macro and Implicit-Micro Explorations in Contemplative Research; Explicit-Macro Research: The Whole-Student Perspective; Explicit-Macro Research: The Whole-Life Development Perspective; Necessity of the Implicit-Micro Model; Introspective Modeling on EEG Data; Rhythm Decomposition of EEG in Physiological/Contemplative Conditions; Examining EEG Rhythm Differences through Statistical Modeling

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