Meditation: Self Regulation Strategy and Altered State of ConsciousnessTransaction Publishers, 1980 - 318 pages 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. |
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... H. Shapiro. 11. Epilogue : A Personal Essay 265 Appendices 273 A. Motivation , Expectation , Adherence Questionnaire 274 B. Notes 279 C. References 281 Tables and Figures Chapter One : Table 1.1 Table 1.2 vi Table of Contents.
... Chapter One : Table 1.1 Table 1.2 Figure 1.1 What Effect Does the Teaching of Meditation Have on an Individual Who Practices , and Why ? Examples of Concentrative Meditation A Five - Step Model of Zen Breath Meditation 10-11 17 21 Chapter ...
... Chapter Five : Table 5.1 Studies on Fears and Phobias ; Stress and Tension Management 136-138 Table 5.2 Studies on Addictions : Drugs / Cigarettes / Alcohol 143 Table 5.3 Studies on Hypertension 145 Table 5.4 147 Summary of Indian Yogic ...
... Chapter Seven : Table 7.1 Subjective Changes Following 178-181 Meditation 200-201 Table 7.2 Studies on Attention and Perception 203 Chapter Eight Figure 8.1 Table 8.1 An Omni - Determinism Model of Mediating Mechanisms of Meditation 211 ...
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Table des matières
Perspectives on Meditation | 1 |
Practical Instructions | 119 |
5 Summary of Studies of Transcendental | 148 |
7 Summary of Studies Comparing Meditation | 155 |
Components of Meditation | 209 |
Figure 3 1 | 211 |
A Personal Essay | 265 |
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