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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