Kinds and Dimensions of Mindfulness: Why it is Important to Distinguish Them

Dorjee, Dusana

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Kinds and Dimensions of Mindfulness: Why it is Important to Distinguish Them

Dorjee, Dusana·2010·Mindfulness

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Mindfulness is regarded as an adaptive response to unwanted internal events in theoretical accounts and meditation practice.
“in both theoretical accounts and in meditation practice, mindfulness is regarded as an adaptive response to unwanted internal events (Baer, 2010; Dorjee, 2010; Grabovac, Lau & Willett, 2011; Hayes & Feldman, 2004).”
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“Mindfulness meditation, one of the central techniques used by Buddhists in their observations and experimentations on the human mind (Varela et al., 1992; Lutz et al., 2007; Dorjee, 2010; Lutz, 2010; Grabovac et al., 2011), has especially attracted the attention of the scientific community.”
Method
Sitting with the Demons – Mindfulness, Suffering, and Existential Transformation
Vörös, S. (2016) · Asian Studies · doi:10.4312/as.2016.4.2.59-83 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Dispositional mindfulness and semantic integration of emotional words: Evidence from event-related brain potentials
Dorjee, D., Lally, N., Darrall-Rew, J., & Thierry, G. (2015) · Neuroscience Research · doi:10.1016/j.neures.2015.03.002 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
“However, there is no broadly agreed definition of mindfulness and discussions about what mindfulness is often highlight differences between secular and Buddhist notions of mindfulness (Dorjee, 2010; Dreyfus, 2011; Dunne, 2011).”
BackgroundSelf-citation
Non-duality and the Integration of Mindfulness into Psychotherapy: Qualitative Research with Meditating Therapists
Gill, M., Waltz, J. A., Suhrbier, P., & Robert, L. (2014) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-014-0310-6 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
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“In the discourse of mindfulness-themed online experiences, the trait of exotic atmosphere (e.g., cross-cultural, cosmopolitan) embodies the openness feature of mindfulness (Dorjee, 2010; Sternberg, 2000).”
Putting Buddhist understanding back into mindfulness training
Jarukasemthawee, S. (2015) · The University of Queensland · doi:10.14264/uql.2015.369 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
“Insight, as developed in the PMP, does not refer to a direct and experiential understanding, but rather to a conceptual understanding into the three characteristics of existence (Grabovac, Lau, & Willett, 2011; Dorjee, 2010).”
Background
Impact of a mindfulness‐based school curriculum on emotion processing in Vietnamese pre‐adolescents: An event‐related potentials study
Nguyen, T. U., & Dorjee, D. (2022) · Developmental Science · doi:10.1111/desc.13255 · Cited by 15 · see citing works
Self-citation
The Experience of Learning Meditation and Mind/Body Practices in the COPD Population
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“In the MBIs, treatment motivation is also an important factor in the effectiveness of treatment [15, 62].”
Background
The role of mindfulness and resilience in Navy SEAL training
Ledford, A. K., Luning, C. R., Dixon, D. P., Miles, P. C., & Lynch, S. M. (2022) · Military Psychology · doi:10.1080/08995605.2022.2062973 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
“Dorjee (2010) maintained that context “needs to be taken into account in the development of research hypotheses and interpretations of research results if we want to get a more accurate picture of how mindfulness works” (p. 158).”
BackgroundResult
Associations between psychological distress and facets of mindfulness: Implications for campus-based university wellness services
Burger, J. W., Bantjes, J. R., Derman, W. E., Whitesman, S., & Gomez‐Ezeiza, J. (2021) · Journal of American College Health · doi:10.1080/07448481.2021.1920601 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Mindful Organizing
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Measuring Mindfulness Grounded in the Original Buddha’s Discourses on Meditation Practice
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A Qualitative Study of Use of Mindfulness to Reduce Long-Term Use of Habit-Forming Prescription Drugs
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“Such inner talk might influence feelings in the same way that loving kindness meditations contribute to “cultivation of wholesome emotions” [(44), p.”
BackgroundInfluential
Implementing Mindfulness in General Life and Organizations. Validation of the Time Flow Mindfulness Questionnaire for Effective Health Management
Петитта, Л., Sinato, E., Giannelli, M. T., & Palange, M. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.832784 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
“According to the literature (Dorjee, 2010), the notion of mindfulness may be different depending on the components and mechanisms that are mainly involved in its study and Frontiers in Psychology | www.frontiersin.org 2 April 2022 | Volume 13 | Article 832784 examination.”
BackgroundMethod
Absorption and Mindfulness Reflect Distinct Patterns of Attentional Control and Self-Related Processing
Leppanen, M. L., & Kim, K. (2021) · Journal of Individual Differences · doi:10.1027/1614-0001/a000360 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
Cognitive and Emotional Associations of Mindfulness in Older Adults
Polsinelli, A. J. (2017) · UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) · Cited by 5 · see citing works
Exploring mindfulness as a tool for recognition and prevention of burnout in construction and engineering
Hajikazemi, S., Duryan, M., Smyth, H., Yuan, F., & Liu, C. (2025) · Engineering Construction & Architectural Management · doi:10.1108/ecam-11-2024-1634 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Reflections on Practices of Everyday Awareness and Mindfulness with Colleagues and Students
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Rethinking Mindfulness in Education within Two Frameworks: Articulating the “Threefold Model of Mindful Wisdom” with the “Theory of Mental Interference”
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Exploring Intentions and Outcomes in a Contemplative Classroom: A Qualitative Study
Godlaski, A. J. (2018) · Scholarship & Creative Works - Digital UNC a service of University Libraries (University of Northern Colorado) · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Children’s experiences of learning mindfulness to help develop their attentional skills
Carelse, B. (2013) · UEL Research Repository (University of East London) · doi:10.15123/pub.3041 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
“In critiquing these findings, the five dimensions of mindfulness (Dorjee, 2010) – intention, bare attention, attentional control, wholesome emotions and ethical discernment (see literature review) - were considered.”
BackgroundMethodInfluential
A convergent parallel mixed methods investigation into the role of mindfulness in moderate to severe, persistent depression
Sweeney, T. (2016) · Nottingham ePrints (University of Nottingham) · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Defining Contemplative Science: The Metacognitive Self-Regulatory Capacity of the Mind, Context of Meditation Practice and Modes of Existential AwarenessPreprint
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Self-citation
A Second-Generation Mindfulness-Based Intervention Focusing on Flow State: A Samatha-Based Training
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Mindfulness in Different Sociodemographic Strata: Partial Validation of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale in an Indian Sample
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Facilitating Healthy Ageing: Neuroprotective Effects of Mindfulness Practice
Moore, A. W. (2016) · Liverpool John Moores University · doi:10.24377/ljmu.t.00004385 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
A PILOT METHOD FOR MULTIMODAL GROUP THERAPY FOR ADULTS WITH ADHD
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Achtsamkeitsbasierte Verfahren in der qualitativen Gesundheitsforschung
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Integrating Buddhist practices and principles into mental health settings: a mixed method investigation
Shonin, E. (2015) · Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) · Cited by 1 · see citing works
The Mindful Path to Valued Living: Understanding the Associations Between Mindfulness and Valued Living
Guadagno, J. (2012) · DukeSpace (Duke University) · Cited by 1 · see citing works
Mapping mindfulness in psychotherapy: a scoping review on conceptualization, applications, and research directions
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“…of attention to the present-moment experience, a non-elaborative, non-judgmental awareness centered on the here and now, where every thought, feeling, or sensation arising within the field of attention is acknowledged and accepted just as it is (Dorjee, 2010; Hart et al., 2017; Sauer et al., 2011).”
Retrospective Evaluation of Mindfulness Skills Group for Adults with Cognitive Disabilities
Beck, K. B. (2014) · D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh)
Evaluating relationship of mindfulness with religious score, general health and its aspects in Kurdistan university students in 2016
Sohrabi, F., yousefi, F., & Abdollahi, N. (2019) · Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.29252/shenakht.5.6.24
Study burnout, academic engagement, mindfulness and self-compassion in health and social care students : a cross-sectional study design
Atanes, A. C. (2020)
The Business of being Comfortably Uncomfortable: A Qualitative Study of the Conceptualization and use of Mindfulness Meditation by Psychotherapists
Shireen, S. H. (2020) · TSpace (University of Toronto)
Doing More with Less: A Quantitative Analysis of Mindfulness, Meditation, Sustainable Consumption Awareness and Practice among University Undergraduates
Horn, T. V. (2021) · doi:10.22371/05.2021.010
Perspectivas Teóricas em Mindfulness: Similaridades, Diferenças e Aplicações
Siqueira, R. P., Sopezki, D., Menezes, C. B., & Souza, C. M. (2021) · Cadernos de Psicologia · doi:10.9788/cp2021.1-01
Further Reading
Young, J. H. (2016) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781118938003.furread
The effects of mindfulness training on emotion regulation in Vietnamese pre-adolescents: A SenseMaker studyPreprint
Nguyen, T. U., & Dorjee, D. (2021) · doi:10.31231/osf.io/s85em
Self-citation
Mindfulness in Mexican Organizations: An Effective Way to Increase Individual and Organizational Well-Being
Garza-Meza, L., Portales, L., & Westrup, N. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17241-0_3
The level of mindfulness in interpersonal relationships: The validity and reliability of the assessment scale
Dučić, B., & Kaljača, S. (2023) · Specijalna edukacija i rehabilitacija · doi:10.5937/specedreh22-40253
Music in the moment: how twenty-four expert free form musicians experienced sense of agency and an improvisational state of mind
Sol, W. A. (2022) · Journal of New Music Research · doi:10.1080/09298215.2023.2192411
“Multiple methods exist that are referred to as mindfulness, but these methods are not identical and may lead to non-identical states of consciousness (see Davidson & Kaszniak, 2015; Dorjee, 2010; Hartelius, 2015).”
Method
สตในการเลยงดบตรของพอแมทฝกสตปฏฐาน : ทฤษฎฐานราก
แซ่เจ็ง, พ., & เต้พันธ์, ณ. (2018) · doi:10.58837/chula.the.2018.751
Mindfulness, mindful eating, and sustainable diets
Pompili, S., & Carfora, V. (2025) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-443-33140-4.00015-4
Are the Words Mindfulness and Meditation Interchangeable? How Did We Get There?
Marion, C., & Spitzenstetter-Hari, F. (2025) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-025-02709-2
“Instead, they used the term mindfulness to designate a process present in both types of meditation (Devaugerme, 2020; Dorjee, 2010; Rapgay & Bystrisky, 2009).”
Additional file 3 of Low-intensity mindfulness and cognitive–behavioral therapy for social anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Noda, S., Shirotsuki, K., & Nakao, M. (2024) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.26690303
Additional file 1 of Low-intensity mindfulness and cognitive–behavioral therapy for social anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Noda, S., Shirotsuki, K., & Nakao, M. (2024) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.26690297
Additional file 4 of Low-intensity mindfulness and cognitive–behavioral therapy for social anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Noda, S., Shirotsuki, K., & Nakao, M. (2024) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.26690306
Additional file 2 of Low-intensity mindfulness and cognitive–behavioral therapy for social anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Noda, S., Shirotsuki, K., & Nakao, M. (2024) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.26690300
Unraveling mindfulness for individuals: a comprehensive review of conceptual dimensions
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Time Flow Mindfulness Questionnaire
Петитта, Л., Sinato, E., Giannelli, M. T., & Palange, M. (2026) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90465-4_207-1

Classification of Mindfulness Meditation and Its Impact on Neural Measures in the Clinical Population
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Investigating the phenomenological matrix of mindfulness-related practices from a neurocognitive perspective.
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Authors: Dorjee, D.
Affiliations: Bangor University (GB)
Corresponding author: Dorjee, Dusana
ORCID: Dorjee, Dusana
Venue: Mindfulness
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2010-05-29
Volume: 1
Issue: 3
Pages: 152-160
ISSN: 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
1868-8535
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-010-0016-3
OpenAlex: W2014442465
Cited by: 80
References: 57
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 3.17
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Mindfulness (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Keywords: mindfulness-based stress reduction, Buddhist meditation, attentional control, moral discernment, meta-awareness, insight, neural correlates of meditation, neuroplasticity, well-being

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