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Psychology of Meditation, The
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Sedlmeier, Peter
- Publisher:
- Hogrefe Publishing GmbH
- ISBN:
- 978-0-88-937576-5
- Doody Core Title Score:
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All you need to know about the scientific psychology of meditation:
What is meditation? What do people hope to get from practicing it and what do they really get? How can the effects of meditation be explained? And what are the best approaches to researching the psychology of meditation so we can understand more? This volume provides state-of-the-art answers to these questions. Contrary to commonly accepted wisdom, meditation comes in huge varieties and the reasons why people begin to meditate (and stay with it) are also numerous and diverse. Even mindfulness, which is often (wrongly) used as a synonym for meditation, comes in many forms.
This book first describes the varieties of meditation in detail and then succinctly summarizes the beneficial effects found in the avalanch
What is meditation? What do people hope to get from practicing it and what do they really get? How can the effects of meditation be explained? And what are the best approaches to researching the psychology of meditation so we can understand more? This volume provides state-of-the-art answers to these questions. Contrary to commonly accepted wisdom, meditation comes in huge varieties and the reasons why people begin to meditate (and stay with it) are also numerous and diverse. Even mindfulness, which is often (wrongly) used as a synonym for meditation, comes in many forms.
- Written by an expert in the field
- Provides unique theories of meditation approaches
- Explores traditional and Western approaches
- Recommends how to improve future research
- Explores new topics, e.g., negative effects
This book first describes the varieties of meditation in detail and then succinctly summarizes the beneficial effects found in the avalanch
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Hogrefe Publishing GmbH
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Sedlmeier, Peter
- ISBN:
- 978-0-88-937576-5
- Specialty:
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- Clinical Psychology
- Psychology
- Psychotherapy
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 307
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Doody Core Title Score:
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