Conceptual and methodological issues in research on mindfulness and meditation.
American Psychologist October 1, 2015 Richard J. Davidson, Alfred W. Kaszniak 778 citations
Research on mindfulness and meditation has grown rapidly, but interpreting findings is difficult due to unique conceptual and methodological challenges. Key issues include studying first-person experience, the impossibility of true double-blinding in intervention trials, designing appropriate control conditions, adequately describing training protocols, measuring mindfulness, limitations of self-report measures, and study design and data analysis considerations. These topics affect both basic science and clinical studies and have important implications for future understanding.