Meditation

Self-regulation Strategy and Altered State of Consciousness

Rosemary A. Stevens, Jr. Shapiro

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English

AldineTransaction
30 June 2008

States of consciousness; Psychiatry; Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation

"Despite the increase in meditation studies, the quality remains variable; many of them are trivial, and most remain unreplicated. Research on meditation has been plagued by insubstantial theorizing, global claims, and the substitution of belief systems for grounded hypotheses. Meditation punctures some of the myths about meditation, while retaining a place of value for mediation as a normal human function.

In each chapter includes discussion of the major questions addressed, followed by a detailed critique of important theoretical, clinical, and research issues. In several instances the reader may find that questions seem to beget questions: research bearing upon certain issues may be contradictory, or not yet of sufficient thoroughness. In these cases, the author suggests the specific future research necessary to resolve the questions posed, so that claims about meditation are justified, and which are not. The profession of psychology itself is, and has been, in a polarized debate between the ""practitioners"" and the ""experimentalists."" The latter accuse the former of being ""soft, non-empirical, non-scientific,"" while practitioners accuse the experimentalists of conducting research which is essentially irrelevant to human concerns.

This approach provides a bridge between research and clinical practice. Meditation provides an encompassing survey of the topic--nearly forty tables and figures; sample questionnaires, evaluations and programs and a detailed overview of a controversial field. Shapiro separates self-regulation with self-delusion, to outline questions and possible answers."

By: Rosemary A. Stevens, Jr. Shapiro
Imprint: AldineTransaction
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780202362403
ISBN 10: 020236240X
Pages: 342
Publication Date: 30 June 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Perspectives on Meditation; 2: Meditation and Psychotherapy; 3: A Content Analysis of the Meditation Experience; 4: Practical Instructions; 5: Meditation as a Self-Regulation Strategy; 6: A Model for Comparing Self-Regulation Strategies; 7: Meditation as an Altered State of Consciousness; 8: Components of Meditation; 9: Mediating Mechanisms; 10: Methodological Issues in Meditation Research; 11: Epilogue

Deane H. Shapiro, Jr. is professor emeritus of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. He is internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on the clinical, therapeutic and medical health care applications of meditation and his research and writing on meditation and self-control have been requested by universities and medical schools throughout the world.