Mind the Gap: The History and Philosophy of Health Psychology and Mindfulness

Autores

  • Shayna Fox Lee York University, Toronto
  • Jacy L. Young York University, Toronto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v10i2.693

Palavras-chave:

mindfulness, history, philosophy.

Resumo

The recent surge in popularity of the concept ‘mindfulness’ in academic, professional, and popular psychology has been remarkable. the ease with which mindfulness has gained traction in the health sciences and cultural imagination makes it apparent mindfulness is well-suited to our current social climate, appealing to both, experts and laypeople. as a subdiscipline established relatively late in the twentieth century, health psychology has a unique relationship to mindfulness. this article elucidates the shared roots between health psychology and mindfulness as a psychological construct and field of research, providing a frame of reference for the ways in which health psychology and mindfulness share similar theoretical and methodological challenges that affect their integration into health, social systems, and services.

Biografia do Autor

Shayna Fox Lee, York University, Toronto

Fox Lee is a doctoral student in the Historical, Theoretical and Critical Studies of Psychology program at York University, where she completed her master’s degree in 2014. Her research focuses on the study of mindfulness in clinical psychology, psychological research, and neuroscience (with emphases on its conceptual histories in both disciplinary and public contexts), as well as the history of therapeutic communities and communes. She is editor of the News & Notes section of History of Psychology, of the blog Advances in the History of Psychology, and a contributing member of the PsyBorgs digital history lab at York.

Jacy L. Young, York University, Toronto

Jacy L. Young is a psychologist and historian whose work explores the methods and practices of the human sciences. She has written on a wide-range of topics including questionnaires, intelligence testing, gender, child study, pedagogy, and evolutionary ideas in psychology. Dedicated to public engagement, she edits and blogs regularly at Advances in the History of Psychology and the recently launched Standpoints blog, a project of Psychology's Feminist Voices. She recently completed a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship and prior to that earned her doctorate in the History and Theory of Psychology program at York University in Toronto, Canada. 

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2018-06-26

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Lee, S. F., & Young, J. L. (2018). Mind the Gap: The History and Philosophy of Health Psychology and Mindfulness. Revista Psicologia E Saúde, 10(2), 25–39. https://doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v10i2.693

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