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Posted Mar 07, 2023

Ruminative thinking involves repetitively dwelling on negative experiences. A high level of ruminative thinking is a risk factor for depressive and anxiety disorders and is also a major feature of these disorders. Mindfulness offers a way to attend to negative experience...


Posted Feb 20, 2023

Mindfulness interventions often combine teaching a skill (attentional focus) with teaching an attitude (non-judgmental compassion). When mindfulness interventions successfully affect a target behavior, it can be challenging to discern which of these two training...


Posted Jan 31, 2022

Some types of human behavior are habit-like. That is, an individual will respond to a stimulus with little-to-no awareness of the reward for performing the behavior. Other responses appear to be more intentional and goal directed. That is, an individual acts with....

Welcome to AMRA!

The American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA) was founded in 2013. The Mindfulness Research Monthly scientific bulletin has been in circulation since 2009. Our mission is to support empirical and conceptual efforts to establish an evidence base for the process, practice, and construct of mindfulness; promote best evidence-based standards for the use of mindfulness research and its applications; facilitate professional development through grant giving; and disseminate newly gained knowledge to the public.

AMRA serves as a professional resource to the sciences and humanities, practice communities, and the broader public on mindfulness from the perspective of contemplative practice.

Learn more about our valuable resources and organizational leadership.

MINDFULNESS RESEARCH MONTHLY

To increase awareness of and inform the latest advances in mindfulness research.

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Recommended Readings for our Community

April 2023 article references added to the AMRA library. Members have full access to the AMRA reference library spanning 1960-2023. Online article access is controlled solely by journal publishers and open access policies and is not controlled by AMRA.

  • Bang, M., Kim, B., Lee, K. S.,... Lee, S.-H. (2023). Long-term benefits of mindfulness on white matter tracts underlying the cortical midline structures in panic disorder: A 2-year longitudinal study. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.
  • Ghosh, K., Nanda, S., Hurt, R. T., Schroeder, D. R.,... Croghan, I. T. (2023). Mindfulness Using a Wearable Brain Sensing Device for Health Care Professionals During a Pandemic: A Pilot Program. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health.
  • Matsuhisa, T., Fujie, R., Masukawa, R., Nakamura, N.,... Sato, J. (2023). Impact of a Mindfulness Mobile Application on Weight Loss and Eating Behavior in People with Metabolic Syndrome: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 
  • Myers, R. E., Medvedev, O. N., Oh, J., Shogren, K. A.,... Singh, N. N. (2023). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Telehealth Family-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Health Wellness (MBHW) Program for Self-Management of Weight by Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Mindfulness. 
  • Pagni, B. A., Hill, E., Walsh, M. J. M., Delaney, S., Ogbeama, D.,... Braden, B. B. (2023). Distinct and shared therapeutic neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based and social support stress reduction groups in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience.

Early Career Scientist Award

Are you starting a career as a mindfulness researcher? AMRA supports promising scholars through the AMRA Early Career Scientist Award (ECSA) program. Eligible are AMRA members who are currently trainees in masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs or within their first two years of terminal degree and currently working at a research institute. The candidate must have one or more first author publications related to mindfulness, and show promise for future impact. Learn more about the program and previous award recipients.

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