I. Historical and Conceptual Overview of Mindfulness

2. A “Come-and-See Kind of Thing”: Why Science Cannot Establish the Value of Mindfulness, and How Cosmopolitan Conversation Might Do So, Jake H. Davis

3. Conceptualization and Operationalization of Mindfulness in Contemporary Contemplative Science, Kirk Warren Brown & Paul Grossman

II. Mindfulness in the Context of Contemporary Psychological Theory, Research, and Practice

4. Mindfulness in the Context of the Attention System, Yi-Yuan Tang & Michael I. Posner

5. Mindful Awareness and Its Role in Self-Regulation and Integrity: Evidence and Perspectives from Self-Determination Theory, Richard M. Ryan & James N. Donald

6. How a Process-Based Idionomic Approach Changes Our Understanding of Mindfulness as a Method and Process, Steven C. Hayes, Baljinder K. Sahdra, Joseph Ciarrochi, Stefan G. Hofmann, & Brandon T. Sanford

7. Mindfulness-Based Intervention Research and Applications in Black American Communities, Andrea Haidar, Elizabeth Waldron, Sunghyun Hong, Anthony Morales, & Inger Burnett-Zeigler

III. Basic Science of Mindfulness

8. Neurophenomenology, Mindfulness, and the Self, David R. Vago

9. Cognitive Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation, Marieke K. van Vugt

10. Emotional Benefits of Mindfulness, Denise Zheng, Polina Beloborodova, Kirk Warren Brown, & Joanna Arch

11. Interpersonal Benefits of Mindfulness, Daniel R. Berry

12. Did the Buddha Have a Self?: No-Self, Self, and Mindfulness in Buddhist Thought and Western Psychologies, C. Scott Rigby & Richard M. Ryan

IV. Mindfulness Interventions for Healthy Populations

13. Mindfulness Interventions for Healthy Stressed Populations, Emily K. Lindsay

14. Biological Pathways Linking Mindfulness Interventions with Health, J. David Creswell

15. Cultivating Flourishing Learning Environments in PreK–12 Settings, Patricia A. Jennings

16. Contemplative Management: Theory and Practice of an Emerging Discipline, Christopher J. Lyddy & Darren J. Good

V. Mindfulness Interventions for Clinical Populations

17. Mindfulness for Emotion Regulation and Emotion Regulation Disorders: From Traits to Mechanisms and Efficacy Studies, Simón Guendelman

18. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Depression, Amanda L. Shamblaw & Zindel V. Segal

19. Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression, Shalini Bhattacharya, Danielle Moskow Diamond, & Stefan G. Hofmann

20. How Does Mindfulness Influence Pain?, Joshua Grant

21. Mindfulness as a Treatment for Addiction: Clinical Outcomes, Biobehavioral Mechanisms, and Directions for the Future, Eric L. Garland, Anna Parisi, & R. Lynae Roberts

Author Index

Subject Index