Willoughby B. Britton Source Confirmed

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Researcher

John Brown University

faculty

35 h-index 72 pubs 6,236 cited

Research Areas

Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Sleep and related disorders Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology COVID-19 and Mental Health

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Dr. Willoughby B. Britton is an active researcher at John Brown University whose work encompasses mindfulness and compassion interventions, with a focus on their impact on mental health. Her research spans a range of psychological and cognitive processes, including anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders. Britton also explores the intersection of religion, spirituality, and psychology within these interventions. Her investigations extend to the psychometric analysis of mindfulness programs and their therapeutic outcomes. Her recent work includes studies defining and measuring meditation-related adverse effects, examining the effect of mindfulness-based programs on cognitive function in adults, and evaluating the prevalence of meditation-related adverse effects in the United States. A recent publication explores self-related processes as mechanisms of mindfulness-based interventions.

Metrics

  • h-index: 35
  • Publications: 72
  • Citations: 6,236

Selected Publications

  • The Teacher Matters: The Role and Impact of Meditation Teachers in the Trajectories of Western Buddhist Meditators Experiencing Meditation-Related Challenges (2025) DOI
  • Leveraging meditation research for the study of psychedelic-related adverse effects (2024) DOI
  • Effect of Adapted Mindfulness Training in Participants With Elevated Office Blood Pressure: The MB‐BP Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial (2023) DOI
  • Fear and Terror in Buddhist Meditation (2022) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Jared R. Lindahl John Brown University 14 shared publications Nicholas K. Canby John Brown University 9 shared publications Roman Palitsky John Brown University 8 shared publications Kristina Eichel John Brown University 6 shared publications Ethan Moitra John Brown University 3 shared publications Eric B. Loucks John Brown University 3 shared publications Jeffrey Proulx John Brown University 3 shared publications Frances B. Saadeh John Brown University 3 shared publications

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