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Overview

Adam W. Hanley is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a significant focus on Clinical Psychology and Pharmacology within these domains.

Their published work covers several subfields including Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. The topics addressed frequently include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes. Additionally, they explore Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Music Therapy and Health, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, and the relationship between Urban Green Space and Health.

Hanley's frequent publication outlets include the following venues:

  • Mindfulness
  • Journal of Pain
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice
  • Pain

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • Brief preoperative mind-body therapies for total joint arthroplasty patients: a randomized controlled trial, 2021, Pain
  • To be mindful of the breath or pain: Comparing two brief preoperative mindfulness techniques for total joint arthroplasty patients., 2021, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Self-Transcendent States: Perceived Body Boundaries and Spatial Frames of Reference, 2020, Mindfulness

Another important publication where Hanley is a co-author is:

  • Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement vs Supportive Group Therapy for Co-occurring Opioid Misuse and Chronic Pain in Primary Care, 2022, JAMA Internal Medicine

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Eric L. Garland
  • Yoshio Nakamura
  • Joanna E. Bettmann
  • Justin Hudak
  • Brett Froeliger

Best Publications

  • State Mindfulness During Meditation Predicts Enhanced Cognitive Reappraisal

    Eric L Garland;Adam Hanley;Norman A Farb;Brett E Froeliger

  • Six-year positive effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on mindfulness, coping and well-being in medical and psychology students; Results from a randomized controlled trial.

    Michael F. De Vibe;Ida Solhaug;Jan H Rosenvinge;Reidar Tyssen

  • Mind-Body Therapies for Opioid-Treated Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Eric L. Garland;Carrie E. Brintz;Adam W. Hanley;Eric J. Roseen;Eric J. Roseen

  • Holding the body in mind: Interoceptive awareness, dispositional mindfulness and psychological well-being.

    Adam W. Hanley;Wolf E. Mehling;Eric L. Garland

  • Associations Between Mindfulness, Psychological Well-Being, and Subjective Well-Being with Respect to Contemplative Practice

    Adam Hanley;Alia R Warner;Eric L. Garland

  • Testing the mindfulness-to-meaning theory: Evidence for mindful positive emotion regulation from a reanalysis of longitudinal data

    Eric L. Garland;Eric L. Garland;Adam W. Hanley;Phillipe R. Goldin;James J. Gross

  • Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement reduces opioid misuse risk via analgesic and positive psychological mechanisms: A randomized controlled trial.

    Eric L Garland;Adam W Hanley;Michael R Riquino;Sarah E Reese

  • Dispositional Mindfulness Co-varies with Self-Reported Positive Reappraisal

    Adam W. Hanley;Eric L. Garland

  • Clarity of mind: Structural equation modeling of associations between dispositional mindfulness, self-concept clarity and psychological well-being.

    Adam W. Hanley;Eric L. Garland

  • Washing Dishes to Wash the Dishes: Brief Instruction in an Informal Mindfulness Practice

    Adam W. Hanley;Alia R. Warner;Vincent M. Dehili;Angela I. Canto

  • Mind the Gaps: Are Conclusions About Mindfulness Entirely Conclusive?

    Adam W. Hanley;Neil Abell;Debra S. Osborn;Alysia D. Roehrig

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Mindfulness Training and Hypnotic Suggestion for Acute Pain Relief in the Hospital Setting

    Eric L. Garland;Anne K. Baker;Paula Larsen;Michael R. Riquino

  • The Nondual Awareness Dimensional Assessment (NADA): New tools to assess nondual traits and states of consciousness occurring within and beyond the context of meditation.

    Adam W Hanley;Yoshio Nakamura;Eric L Garland

  • Relating dispositional mindfulness, contemplative practice, and positive reappraisal with posttraumatic cognitive coping, stress, and growth.

    Adam W. Hanley;Eric L. Garland;Richard G. Tedeschi

  • Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement remediates hedonic dysregulation in opioid users: Neural and affective evidence of target engagement

    Eric L. Garland;Rachel M. Atchley;Adam W. Hanley;Jon-Kar Zubieta

  • Mindfulness meditation in the treatment of substance use disorders and preventing future relapse: neurocognitive mechanisms and clinical implications

    Sarah E Priddy;Matthew O Howard;Adam W Hanley;Michael R Riquino

  • Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement reduces opioid craving among individuals with opioid use disorder and chronic pain in medication assisted treatment: Ecological momentary assessments from a stage 1 randomized controlled trial

    Eric L. Garland;Adam W. Hanley;Anna Kline;Nina A. Cooperman

  • A failure in mind: Dispositional mindfulness and positive reappraisal as predictors of academic self-efficacy following failure

    Adam W. Hanley;Mohammed H. Palejwala;Robert T. Hanley;Angela I. Canto

  • Cognitive and affective mechanisms linking trait mindfulness to craving among individuals in addiction recovery.

    Eric L. Garland;Amelia Roberts-Lewis;Karen Kelley;Christine Tronnier

  • The mindful personality: Associations between dispositional mindfulness and the Five Factor Model of personality

    Adam W. Hanley

  • The mindful personality: A meta-analysis from a cybernetic perspective.

    Adam W. Hanley;Eric L. Garland

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric L. Garland
Eric L. Garland University of Utah
Matthew O. Howard
Matthew O. Howard University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Amit Bernstein
Amit Bernstein University of Wisconsin–Madison
James J. Gross
James J. Gross Stanford University
Norman A. S. Farb
Norman A. S. Farb University of Toronto
Jan H. Rosenvinge
Jan H. Rosenvinge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Simon B. Goldberg
Simon B. Goldberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Scott A. Baldwin
Scott A. Baldwin Brigham Young University
Craig J. Bryan
Craig J. Bryan The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Richard G. Tedeschi
Richard G. Tedeschi University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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