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THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SELF: HOW EASTERN THOUGHT HAS INFLUENCED WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY

Cefus, Jon M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1305028856

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2011, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
This paper explores mindfulness as a therapeutic tool in the field of psychology and its historical origins in Buddhism. Over the past thirty years, mindfulness has become an area of growing interest and the subject of much research in psychology. Mindfulness, as a method for providing therapeutic benefits, has a long history that dates back to at least the time of Siddhartha Gautama (563 B.C.E.), who later became known as The Buddha. The story of the Buddha is used to frame the origins of mindfulness. The relationship between Eastern thought and Western psychology has been discussed by several of the early authors in the psychological traditions, particularly in the post-Freudian psychoanalytic schools, and this is explored here. The later cognitive psychological schools of thought that arose from roots in behaviorism would ultimately give rise to the current wave of mindfulness-based therapies we see being applied today. Finally, ethical dimensions are discussed in order to better understand whether or not mindfulness-based therapies can be effectively applied outside of the normative framework of Buddhism.
Brian Betz, PhD (Advisor)
Leslie Heaphy, PhD (Committee Chair)
Thomas Norton-Smith, PhD (Committee Member)
Lee Fox, PhD (Committee Member)
67 p.
Cognitive Therapy; Counseling Psychology; Psychology; Psychotherapy
mindfulness; Buddhism; psychology; ethics;

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  • Cefus, J. M. (2011). THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SELF: HOW EASTERN THOUGHT HAS INFLUENCED WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1305028856

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cefus, Jon. THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SELF: HOW EASTERN THOUGHT HAS INFLUENCED WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY. 2011. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1305028856.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cefus, Jon. "THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SELF: HOW EASTERN THOUGHT HAS INFLUENCED WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1305028856

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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