Contemplative Studies Initiative and Concentration

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Faculty Publications

Selected and recent publications by core Contemplative Studies faculty.

Braun, T.D., Bhuptani, P.H., O’Keefe, B.O., Uebelacker, L.U., Marsh, E.M., McCallister, K., and Holzhauer, C.G. (2024). Mindful Self-Compassion for veteran women with a history of military sexual trauma: Feasibility, acceptability, potential benefits, and considerations. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2301205

Uebelacker, L.A., Braun, T.D., Taylor, L.E., Saper, R., Baldwin, M., Abrantes, A.M., Tremont, G., Toribio, A., Kirshy, S., Koch, R., Lorin, L., Roseen, E.J., and Stein, M.S. (2023). Evaluation of intervention components to maximize yoga practice among people with chronic pain taking opioid agonist therapy: A factorial experiment using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy framework. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 107411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107411

Unick, J.L, Dunsiger, S.I., Bock, B.C., Sherman, S.A., Braun, T.D., Hayes, J.F., Goldstein, S.P., and Wing, R.W. (2023). A randomized trial examining the effect of yoga on dietary lapses and lapse triggers following behavioral weight loss treatment. Obesity Science and Practice, 9, 484-492. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.678

Braun, T.D., Olson, K., Panza, E., Lillis, J., Schumacher, L., Abrantes, A.M, Kunicki, Z., & Unick, J.L. (2022). Internalized weight stigma in women with Class III obesity: A randomized controlled pilot trial of a virtual behavioral weight loss followed by mindful self-compassion intervention. Obesity Science and Practice, 8(6): 816-827. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.616

Braun, T.D., Uebelacker, L.A., Ward, M., Glanton Holzhauer, C.G., McCallister, K., Abrantes, A.M. (2021). "We really need this": Trauma-informed yoga for veteran women with military sexual trauma. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 59, 102729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102729

Sun S, Nardi W, Murphy M, Scott T, Saadeh F, Roy A, Brewer J. Mindfulness-Based Mobile Health to Address Unhealthy Eating Among Middle-Aged Sexual Minority Women with Early Life Adversity: Mixed Methods Feasibility Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2023;25:e46310. doi: 10.2196/46310

Sun S, Lin D, Goldberg S, Shen Z, Chen P, Qiao S, Brewer J, Loucks E, Operario D. A mindfulness-based mobile health (mHealth) intervention among psychologically distressed university students in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial. J Couns Psychol. 2022;69:157-171. doi: 10.1037/cou0000568

Loucks EB, Crane RS, Sanghvi MA, Montero-Marin J, Proulx J, Brewer JA, Kuyken W. Mindfulness-Based Programs: Why, When, and How to Adapt? Glob Adv Health Med. 2022;11:21649561211068805. doi: 10.1177/21649561211068805

Kraines MA, Peterson SK, Tremont GN, Beard C, Brewer JA, Uebelacker LA. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review of Cognitive Outcomes. Mindfulness (N Y). 2022;13:1126-1135. doi: 10.1007/s12671-022-01841-7

Brewer JA, Roy A. Can Approaching Anxiety Like a Habit Lead to Novel Treatments? Am J Lifestyle Med. 2021;15:489-494. doi: 10.1177/15598276211008144

Loucks EB, Schuman-Olivier Z, Saadeh FB, Scarpaci MM, Nardi WR, Proulx JA, Gutman R, King J, Britton WB, Kronish IM. Effect of Adapted Mindfulness Training in Participants With Elevated Office Blood Pressure: The MB-BP Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023;12:e028712. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.028712

Lindahl JR, Palitsky R, Cooper DJ, Britton WB. The roles and impacts of worldviews in the context of meditation-related challenges. Transcult Psychiatry. 2023;60:637-650. doi: 10.1177/13634615221128679

Hitchcock PF, Britton WB, Mehta KP, Frank MJ. Self-judgment dissected: A computational modeling analysis of self-referential processing and its relationship to trait mindfulness facets and depression symptoms. Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience. 2023;23:171-189. doi: 10.3758/s13415-022-01033-9

Whitfield T, Barnhofer T, Acabchuk R, Cohen A, Lee M, Schlosser M, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Bottcher A, Britton W, Coll-Padros N, et al. The Effect of Mindfulness-based Programs on Cognitive Function in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Neuropsychol Rev. 2022;32:677-702. doi: 10.1007/s11065-021-09519-y

Goldberg SB, Lam SU, Britton WB, Davidson RJ. Prevalence of meditation-related adverse effects in a population-based sample in the United States. Psychother Res. 2022;32:291-305. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2021.1933646

Canby, N., Lindahl, J., Britton, W., & Córdova, J. (2024). Clarifying and measuring the characteristics of experiences that involve a loss of self or a dissolution of its boundaries. Consciousness and Cognition, 119(103655). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103655

Alejandre-Lara, A., Canby, N., Wesbecher, K., Eichel, K., Britton, W., & Lindahl, J. (2022). How do mindfulness-based programs improve depression symptoms: Selflessness, valence, or valenced self? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 46, 668-685. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-021-10287-5

Britton, W., Desbordes, G., Acabchuk, R., Peters, S., Lindahl, J., Canby, N., Vago, D., Dumais, T., Lipsky, J., Kimmel, H., Sager, L., Rahrig, H., Cheaito, A., Acero, P., Scharf, J., Lazar, S., Schuman-Olivier, Z., Ferrer, R., & Moitra, E. (2021). From self-esteem to selflessness: An evidence (gap) map of self-related processes as mechanisms of mindfulness-based interventions. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(730972). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.730972

Britton, W., Lindahl, J., Cooper, D., Canby, N., Palitsky, R. (2021). Defining and measuring meditation-related adverse effects in mindfulness-based programs. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(6), 1185-1204.https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702621996340

Canby, N., Eichel, K., Lindahl, J., Chau, S., Cordova, J., & Britton, W. (2021). The contribution of common and specific therapeutic factors to mindfulness-based intervention outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(603394). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.603394

Liezi Zhongxuzhide zhenjing (“Authentic Scripture on the Ultimate Potency of Unfathomable Emptiness, Explained”). In Chitim Lai, Elena Valussi, and Vincent Goossaert (eds.). An Analytical Survey of the Essentials of the Daoist Canon. CUHK Press (in press)

Wenzi Tongxuan zhenjing (“Authentic Scripture on the Penetration of the Profound”). In Chitim Lai, Elena Valussi, and Vincent Goossaert (eds.). An Analytical Survey of the Essentials of the Daoist Canon. Chinese University of Hong Kong Press (in press)

(2023) “Globalizing Knowledge and Nationalisms’ Reactions in the Articulation of Universities” Global Perspectives (2023)4:1:55674. https://doi.org/10.1525/gp.2023.55674

(2022) “Violence and Truth in 2022’s Epoch End: Covid 19 and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the World Historical Context” Journal of Public Governance No. 3(61)/2022 ISSN 2956-6061 e-ISSN 2956-6398 doi: 10.15678/PG.2022.61.3.01 https://www.publicgovernance.pl/index.php/zpub/article/view/684

(2021 revised and updated from 2019) Kehal, Prabhdeep Singh; Laura Garbes and Michael D. Kennedy. “Critical Sociology of Knowledge.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology. Ed. Lynette Spillman. New York: Oxford University Press (https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756384/obo-9780199756384-0221.xml?)

Kennedy, Michael D. and Merone Tadesse, “Towards a Theory and Practice of Diversity and Inclusiveness in Globalizing US Universities: The Transformational Solidarity of Knowledge Activism” Youth and Globalization 1: 254-281 https://brill.com/view/journals/yogo/1/2/article-p254_254.xml

(2015) Globalizing Knowledge: Intellectuals, Universities, and Publics in Transformation (Stanford University Press) ((2004)

Joss D, Lu J, Teicher MH, and Lazar SW, Childhood adversity severity modulates the associations between adaptive psychological changes and amygdala volumetric changes in response to behavioral interventions. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2024. 15: p. 100714.

Hoge EA, Armstrong CH, Mete M, Oliva I, Lazar SW, Lago TR, and Grillon C, Attenuation of Anxiety-Potentiated Startle After Treatment with Escitalopram or Mindfulness Meditation in Anxiety Disorders. Biological Psychiatry, 2024.

van der Velden AM, Scholl J, Elmholdt EM, Fjorback LO, Harmer CJ, Lazar SW, O'Toole MS, Smallwood J, Roepstorff A, Kuyken W. Mindfulness Training Changes Brain Dynamics During Depressive Rumination: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Biological Psychiatry. 2023 93(3), pp.233-242

Berryman K, Lazar SW, Hohwy J. Do contemplative practices make us more moral? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023. 27(10):916-931

Braun, T.D., Unick, J.L., Abrantes, A.M., Dalrymple, K., Conboy, L.A., Schifano, E., Park, C.L. and Lazar, S.W., 2022. Intuitive eating buffers the link between internalized weight stigma and body mass index in stressed adults. Appetite,169, p.105810.

Aristi G, O'Grady C, Bowen C, Beyea S, Lazar SW, & Hashmi JA. 2022. Top-down threat bias in pain perception is predicted by intrinsic structural and functional connections of the brain. NeuroImage, 258, 119349. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119349

Britton WB, Lindahl JR, Cooper DJ, Canby NK, Palitsky R. Defining and measuring meditation-related adverse effects in mindfulness-based programs. Clin Psychol Sci. 2021;9:1185-1204. doi: 10.1177/2167702621996340

Britton WB, Desbordes G, Acabchuk R, Peters S, Lindahl JR, Canby NK, Vago DR, Dumais T, Lipsky J, Kimmel H, et al. From Self-Esteem to Selflessness: An Evidence (Gap) Map of Self-Related Processes as Mechanisms of Mindfulness-Based Interventions. Frontiers in psychology. 2021;12:730972. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.730972

Lindahl JR, Cooper DJ, Fisher NE, Kirmayer LJ, Britton WB. Progress or Pathology? Differential Diagnosis and Intervention Criteria for Meditation-Related Challenges: Perspectives From Buddhist Meditation Teachers and Practitioners. Frontiers in psychology. 2020;11:1905. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01905

Lindahl JR, Britton WB. ‘I Have This Feeling of Not Really Being Here’: Buddhist Meditation and Changes in Sense of Self. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 2019;26:7-8.

Kubzansky LD, Kim ES, Boehm JK, Davidson RJ, Huffman JC, Loucks EB, Lyubomirsky S, Picard RW, Schueller SM, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, et al. Interventions to Modify Psychological Well-Being: Progress, Promises, and an Agenda for Future Research. Affect Sci. 2023;4:174-184. doi: 10.1007/s42761-022-00167-w

Gawande R, Smith L, Comeau A, Creedon TB, Wilson CL, Griswold T, Cook BL, Loucks EB, Schuman-Olivier Z. Impact of warm mindfulness on emotion regulation: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Health Psychol. 2023;42:699-711. doi: 10.1037/hea0001303

Sun S, Sheridan MA, Tyrka AR, Donofry SD, Erickson KI, Loucks EB. Addressing the biological embedding of early life adversities (ELA) among adults through mindfulness: Proposed mechanisms and review of converging evidence. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 2022;134:104526. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104526

Loucks EB. The Mindful College Student: How to Succeed, Boost Your Well-Being, and Build the Life you Want at University and Beyond. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications; 2022

2018 Review of Embodying the Vedas: Traditional Vedic Schools of Contemporary Maharashtra by Borayin Larios. Bulletin of SOAS 81/2 (June 2018). doi:10.1017/S0041977X18000642

Review of Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance for Ritual Theory, by Axel Michaels. Accepted for publication in Journal of the American Oriental Society.

“OM’s Early History: Mantra, Mind, and Multiformity.” Pushpam. http://www.pushpam.co.uk/

“The Amplified Sacrifice: Sound, Technology, and Participation in Modern Vedic Ritual.” Journal of South Asian History and Culture 8.4: 560-578. DOI:10.1080/19472498.2017.1371505

“Vedic Oral Tradition.” Oxford Bibliographies in Hinduism. Ed. Tracey Coleman. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/OBO/9780195399318-0184

Loucks EB, Schuman-Olivier Z, Saadeh FB, Scarpaci MM, Nardi WR, Proulx JA, Gutman R, King J, Britton WB, Kronish IM. Effect of Adapted Mindfulness Training in Participants with Elevated Office Blood Pressure: The MB-BP Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023;12:e028712. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.028712

Fleming CM, Womack VY, Proulx J. Beyond White Mindfulness: Critical Perspectives on Racism, Well-being and Liberation. Milton Park, Oxfordshire, England: Routledge; 2022.

Colgan DD, Klee D, Memmott T, Proulx J, Oken B. Perceived stress mediates the relationship between mindfulness and negative affect variability: A randomized controlled trial among middle-aged to older adults. Stress Health. 2019;35:89-97. doi: 10.1002/smi.2845

“The Dispersion of Honey: Telugu in the Diaspora” The People’s Linguistic Survey of India, PLSI Vol. 47, ed. Ganesh Devy. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2021.

“Seven Seas and an Ocean of Wisdom: An Indian Episteme for the Indian Ocean” in Knowledge Traditions of the Indian Ocean World. ed. Himanshu Prabha Ray. Routledge, 2021.

Raya: Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara. New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2020.

“Stallions of the Indian Ocean” in Researching Materiality and Connectivity in Anthropology and Beyond. eds., Philipp Schorch, Martin Saxer and Marlen Elders. UCL Press, 2020

The Cloud Message: Kālidāsa’s Meghadūtam. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2017

The Contemplative Foundations of Classical Daoism. Albany: State University of New York: 2021

Manifesting Zen: Master Dharma Talks from Mt. Baldy.(Ed.). Los Angeles: Rinzai-ji Press of America: 2021.

“Classical Daoist Meditation: 400-100 B.C.E. In Miguel Farias and Charlotte Holloway (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Meditation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.

“Cognitive Attunement in the Zhuangzi”. In Roger Ames and Carine Defoort (eds.), Having a Word with Angus Graham at Twenty-Five Years into his Immortality. University of Hawaii Press, 2018, pp. 49-78.

“Apophatic Meditation in Classical Daoism,” In Louis Komjathy (ed.), Contemplative Literature: A Comparative Sourcebook. Albany: SUNY Press: 2015, pp. 89-144.

“A Pedagogy for the New Field of Contemplative Studies.” In Olen Gunnlaugson and Heeson Bai (eds.) Contemplative Approaches to Learning and Inquiry across Disciplines. SUNY Press , 2014, pp. 97-118.

Gunsilius, C. Z., Price, M. M., Rogers, S. L., Flynn, E., & Jha, A. P. (2024). Paying attention to attention: a program evaluation of faculty-delivered mindfulness-based attention training to optimize wellness and professionalism in medical students. BMC Medical Education, 24(1), 1-11. https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-024-05119-5

Zimmerman, C. S., Temereanca, S., Daniels, D., Penner, C., Cannonier, T., Jones, S. R., & Kerr, C. (2023). A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Comparing Effects of Qigong and Exercise/Nutrition Training on Fatigue and Other Outcomes in Female Cancer Survivors. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 22, 15347354231162584. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/15347354231162584

Xu, A., Zimmerman, C. S., Lazar, S. W., Ma, Y., Kerr, C. E., & Yeung, A. (2020). Distinct insular functional connectivity changes related to mood and fatigue improvements in major depressive disorder following tai chi training: A pilot study. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 25. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnint.2020.00025/full?fbclid=IwAR2L5Ceg6fc9TTF_62k3WyBY5KyC_b_eZQd0PnGb0Ye3jv27esLovfJoxn4

Penner, C., Zimmerman, C., Conboy, L., Kaptchuk, T., & Kerr, C. (2020). “Honorable Toward Your Whole Self”: Experiences of the Body in Fatigued Breast Cancer Survivors. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1502. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01502/full