The benefits of being present: mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being.

By Kirk Warren Brown, Richard M. Ryan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Do Mindfulness Meditation Participants Do Their Homework? And Does It Make a Difference? A Review of the Empirical Evidence (2009, methodology): “Of these studies, four used the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS; Brown & Ryan, 2003), three used the Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS; Lau et al., 2006), one used both the MAAS and the TMS (Carmody, Reed, Kristeller, & Merriman, 2008), three used the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills…”
Teaching Self-Care to Caregivers: Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Mental Health of Therapists in Training (2007, methodology): “(Cronbach’s alpha .79) though slightly lower than in past research (e.g., Brown & Ryan, 2003; this and all reported sample ’s are from the Time 1 data).”
Supporting presence in teacher education: The connection between the personal and professional aspects of teaching (2009, background): “Presence is related to the concept of mindfulness (Brown & Ryan, 2003; Germer, Siegel, & Fulton, 2005) and to what in Buddhist traditions is called ‘‘full awareness’’ (see e.g. Mingyur Rinpoche, 2007, p. 94).”
Social Foundations of the Capacity for Mindfulness: An Attachment Perspective (2007, methodology): “…pre-existing self-report mindfulness scales, which were administered to a sample of over 600 college students: the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003); the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (Buchheld, Grossman, & Walach, 2001); the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (Baer,…”
The effects of mindfulness and self-consciousness on persistence (2009, background): “…but no relationship with private self-consciousness, although relationships between mindfulness and the two facets of private self-consciousness were significant and in opposite directions (rself reflection = .13; rinternal state awareness = .23; Beitel, Ferrer, & Cecero, 2005; Brown & Ryan, 2003).”
Workplace spirituality, mindfulness meditation, and work engagement (2017, background): “When achieved, mindfulness refers to a conscious awareness and attention to each moment (Baer, Smith and Allen, 2004; Brown and Ryan 2003; Kabat-Zinn 1990; Lau et al. 2006; Melbourne Mindfulness Academic Interest Group 2006; Walach et al. 2006).”
A mindfulness intervention promoting work–life balance: How segmentation preference affects changes in detachment, well‐being, and work–life balance (2021, methodology): “Moreover, mindfulness practice energizes (Allen & Kiburz, 2012; Brown & Ryan, 2003) and renews energies needed to fulfil family roles.”
Feasibility and preliminary outcomes for Move-Into-Learning: An arts-based mindfulness classroom intervention (2013, background): “Mindfulness is a self-regulatory skill that encourages awareness of one’s feelings and thoughts without judgment (Brown & Ryan, 2003).”
Psychometric Properties of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Depressed Adults and Development of a Short Form (2011, background): “Several self-report measures of mindfulness have been developed, including the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (Buchheld, Grossman, & Walach, 2001), the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (Baer, Smith, & Allen, 2004), the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003), the Cognitive and”
Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for Psychological Well-Being in a Sub-Clinical Sample of University Students: A Controlled Pilot Study (2013, methodology): “The MAAS has likewise been shown to have good levels of concurrent validity with scales such as the Beck Depression Inventory and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Brown and Ryan 2003).”
The Drexel defusion scale: A new measure of experiential distancing (2012, methodology): “Among the most researched and widely used include the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS; Brown & Ryan, 2003), the kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills (KIMS; Baer, Smith, & Allen, 2004), the five factor mindfulness scale (Baer, Smith, Hopkins, Krietemeyer, & Toney, 2006) and the…”