1st Edition
Meditation Self-regulation Strategy and Altered State of Consciousness
By Jr. Shapiro
Copyright 1980
342 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
341 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
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Rosemary A. Stevens
