TY - BOOK

T1 - The Psychology of meditation

AU - West, Michael

PY - 1990

Y1 - 1990

N2 - Meditation is becoming a daily practice for more and more people, and is used by clinical psychologists, counsellors, and therapists to heal themselves and their clients. This new book provides a much-needed psychological appraisal of meditation, summarizing fifteen years of sustained psychological research in the area, and signposting new research and theoretical directions. The contributors are among the most eminent international writers and researchers on the psychology of meditation. This collection represents the only balanced, comprehensive overview of research in the field currently available. Readers will also gain an enriched knowledge of meditation and find valuable new perspectives for understanding human behaviour more generally.

AB - Meditation is becoming a daily practice for more and more people, and is used by clinical psychologists, counsellors, and therapists to heal themselves and their clients. This new book provides a much-needed psychological appraisal of meditation, summarizing fifteen years of sustained psychological research in the area, and signposting new research and theoretical directions. The contributors are among the most eminent international writers and researchers on the psychology of meditation. This collection represents the only balanced, comprehensive overview of research in the field currently available. Readers will also gain an enriched knowledge of meditation and find valuable new perspectives for understanding human behaviour more generally.

M3 - Book

BT - The Psychology of meditation

PB - Clarendon Press

CY - Oxford

ER -