Is there evidence that it may help me?

-Brown & Ryan, (2003) The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(4), 822-848.

-Carlson & Brown, (2005). Validation of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale in a cancer population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58, 29-33.

-Baer, Smith & Allen, (2004). Assessment of mindfulness by self report: The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. Assessment, 11, 191-206.

-Davidson, Richard J. PhD; Kabat-Zinn, Jon PhD; Schumacher, Jessica MS; Rosenkranz, Melissa BA; Muller, Daniel MD, PhD; Santorelli, Saki F. EdD; Urbanowski, Ferris MA; Harrington, Anne PhD; Bonus, Katherine MA; Sheridan, John F. PhD (2003) Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine 65(4):p 564-570, July.

-Brown & Ryan, (2004a;) Fostering healthy self-regulation from within and without: A self-determination theory perspective. IN P.A. Linley & S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive psychology in practice (pp. 105-124). Canada: John Wiley & Sons.

-Ryan, (2005) The developmental line of autonomy in the etiology, dynamics, and treatment of borderline personality disorders. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 987-1006.

-Deci & Ryan, (1980).  Self-determination theory: When mind mediates behaviour. The Journal of Mind and Behaviour, 1, 33-43.

-Thrash & Elliot, (2002) Implicit and self-attributed achievement motives: Concordance and predictive validity. Journal of Personality, 70, 729-755.

-Brown, K. W., Ryan, R. M., Creswell, J. D., & Niemiec, C. P. (2008). Beyond me: Mindful responses to social threat. In H. A. Wayment & J. J. Bauer (Eds.), Transcending self-interest: Psychological explorations of the quiet ego (pp. 75–84). American Psychological Association.

-Brown, Ryan and Creswell (2007) Mindfulness: Theoretical foundations and evidence for its salutary effects. Psychological Inquiry, 18 (4), 211-237.