When mindfulness is therapy: Ethical qualms, historical perspectives.

Harrington, Anne; Dunne, John

doi:10.1037/a0039460

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“…This confluence is proving extraordinarily creative -there is an upsurge of mindfulness-informed and mindfulness-based programs and approaches across medicine, psychology, and psychotherapy, and beyond, into business and education. There are also inherent tensions to navigate in the process of integrating paradigmatically different disciplines (Harrington & Dunne, 2015;Crane, 2016).…”

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What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft

Crane

Brewer

Feldman³

et al. 2016

Psychol. Med.

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There has been an explosion of interest in mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. This is demonstrated in increased research, implementation of MBPs in healthcare, educational, criminal justice and workplace settings, and in mainstream interest. For the sustainable development of the field there is a need to articulate a definition of what an MBP is and what it is not. This paper provides a framework to define the essential characteristics of the family of MBPs originating from the parent program MBSR, and the processes which inform adaptations of MBPs for different populations or contexts. The framework addresses the essential characteristics of the program and of teacher. MBPs: are informed by theories and practices that draw from a confluence of contemplative traditions, science, and the major disciplines of medicine, psychology and education; underpinned by a model of human experience which addresses the causes of human distress and the pathways to relieving it; develop a new relationship with experience characterized by present moment focus, decentering and an approach orientation; catalyze the development of qualities such as joy, compassion, wisdom, equanimity and greater attentional, emotional and behavioral self-regulation, and engage participants in a sustained intensive training in mindfulness meditation practice, in an experiential inquiry-based learning process and in exercises to develop understanding. The paper's aim is to support clarity, which will in turn support the systematic development of MBP research, and the integrity of the field during the process of implementation in the mainstream.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft

Crane

Brewer

Feldman³

et al. 2016

Psychol. Med.

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565

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“…Concerns have been expressed from a variety of angles: from a religious perspec ve, the secular 'dilu on' of Buddhist forms of medita on as mindfulness has been framed by some to be misappropria on (Wilks, 2014;Gooch, 2014); moralis c stances have that theore cal instability or philosophical 'fence si ng' has led to inappropriate commodifi ca on within social systems and markets, as well as ethically dubious applica on in contexts like military training (Barker, 2014;Davies, 2014;Davis, 2015); and scholarly or scien fi c concern has o en focused on issues of theore cal and methodological superfi ciality (Tang, Hölzel, & Posner, 2015;Davidson & Kaszniak, 2015). Some mindfulness discourse communi es have ac vely sought to address these cri cisms through engaged conversa ons about the intended future of their subfi eld, as well as explicit eff orts towards philosophical clarifi ca on and analy c development (Dimidjian & Segal, 2015;Harrington & Dunne, 2015;Tang & Posner, 2013;Lutz et al, 2015).…”

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“…As a concept, mindfulness has remained undertheorized and oversimplifi ed; however, it can also be argued that this general under-determina on has contributed to its success, including ongoing liberal applica on in disparate se ngs, with at-mes incommensurable inten ons (Lutz et al, 2015;Dodson-Lavelle, 2015;Harrington & Dunne, 2015). The most widely disseminated and accepted defi ni on within the literature is an opera onaliza on that is simultaneously accessible and monolithic, by Kabat-Zinn.…”

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Mind the Gap: The History and Philosophy of Health Psychology and Mindfulness

Lee

Young

2018

PSSA

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The recent surge in popularity of the concept 'mindfulness' in academic, professional, and popular psychology has been remarkable. The ease with which mindfulness has gained trac on in the health sciences and cultural imagina on makes it apparent mindfulness is well-suited to our current social climate, appealing to both experts and laypeople. As a subdiscipline established rela vely late in the twen eth century, health psychology has a unique rela onship to mindfulness. This ar cle elucidates the shared roots between health psychology and mindfulness as a psychological construct and fi eld of research, providing a frame of reference for the ways in which health psychology and mindfulness share similar theore cal and methodological challenges that aff ect their integra on into health, social systems, and services. Keywords: mindfulness, history, philosophy Resumo O recente aumento na popularidade do conceito mindfulness (plena atenção) tem sido notado signifi ca vamente na área acadêmica e professional da psicologia. O termo tem se fortalecido nas ciências da saúde, além do imaginário cultural para expressar um contexto contemporâneo da sociedade, atraindo tanto especialistas quanto leigos. Sendo uma sub-área estabelecida rela vamente tardia no fi nal do século XX, a psicologia da saúde tem uma relação singular com o conceito. Este ar go elucida as raízes compar lhadas entre a psicologia da saúde e mindfulness como uma construção do campo de pesquisa e psicológica, fornecendo um quadro de referência para as maneiras em que a psicologia da saúde e mindfulness compar lham dos semelhantes desafi os teóricos e metodológicos que afetam sua integração com a saúde, sistemas sociais e serviços. Palavras-chave: mindfulness, história, fi losofi a Resumen El reciente aumento en la popularidad del concepto mindfulness (atención plena) ha sido notado signifi ca vamente en el área académica y profesional de la psicología. El término se ha fortalecido en las ciencias de la salud, extrapolando el imaginario cultural para expresar un contexto contemporáneo de la sociedad y, en consecuencia, ha atraído a especialistas y legos. Puesto que es una subárea establecida rela vamente tarde, a fi nales del siglo XX, la psicología de la salud ene una relación singular con el concepto. Este ar culo elucida las raíces compar das entre psicología de la salud y mindfulness como una construcción del campo de inves gación psicológica, proporcionando un marco de referencia para las maneras como la psicología de la salud y mindfulness enen desa os teóricos y metodológicos similares que afectan su integración con la salud, los sistemas sociales y los servicios. Palabras clave: mindfulness, historia,fi loso a 1 Corresponding author at: 150A Behavioural Sciences Building,

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“…The introduction of this historical distinction into scientific discourse about the effects of secularized mindfulness programs has engendered considerable debate about the degree to which these programs require an ethical framework to bring about personal or social benefits (48)(49)(50). It would be ironic if the secularization of the construct of mindfulness for broad dissemination in the West incidentally capitalized on its perceptual skill element at the expense of washing out an organically embedded focus on moral conduct (50,51).Finally, although at N = 185 our sample was large for a behavioral observation study, the sample size limited the magnitude of the effects that we were powered to detect. The present study had statistical power to detect effects that would consensually be deemed at least medium in magnitude, but cannot rule out the possibility of small effects.…”

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Dispositional Mindfulness in Daily Life: A Naturalistic Observation Study

Kaplan¹,

Milek²,

Tackman³

et al. 2017

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Mindfulness has seen an extraordinary rise as a scientific construct, yet surprisingly little is known about how it manifests behaviorally in daily life. The present study identifies assumptions regarding how mindfulness relates to behavior and contrasts them against actual behavioral manifestations of trait mindfulness in daily life. Study 1 (N = 427) shows that mindfulness is assumed to relate to emotional positivity, quality social interactions, prosocial orientation and attention to sensory perceptions. In Study 2, 185 participants completed a gold-standard, self-reported mindfulness measure (the FFMQ) and underwent naturalistic observation sampling to assess their daily behaviors. Trait mindfulness was robustly related to a heightened perceptual focus in conversations. However, it was not related to behavioral and speech markers of emotional positivity, quality social interactions, or prosocial orientation. These findings suggest that the subjective and self-reported experience of being mindful in daily life is expressed primarily through sharpened perceptual attention, rather than through other behavioral or social differences. This highlights the need for ecological models of how dispositional mindfulness “works” in daily life, and raises questions about the measurement of mindfulness.

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When mindfulness is therapy: Ethical qualms, historical perspectives.

Cited by 121 publications

References 75 publications

What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft

What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft

Mind the Gap: The History and Philosophy of Health Psychology and Mindfulness

Dispositional Mindfulness in Daily Life: A Naturalistic Observation Study

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