2026 Edo Shonin: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	36	9566	8948	948	907	115	4971

Overview

Edo Shonin is affiliated with Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom and is a researcher primarily active in the field of psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, and health. The main focus of their research lies in mindfulness and compassion interventions, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, personality disorders and psychopathology, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, religion, spirituality and psychology, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, as well as musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Among the recent papers associated with Edo Shonin's body of work are:

Attachment-Based Compassion Therapy for Ameliorating Fibromyalgia: Mediating Role of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion (2020), published in Mindfulness
Contemplative Psychology: History, Key Assumptions, and Future Directions (2021), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
Understanding and Practicing Emptiness (2021), published in Mindfulness
The Development and Validation of the Ontological Addiction Scale (2022), published in International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Mindfulness of Happiness (2023), published in Mindfulness

Edo Shonin has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including William Van Gordon, Supakyada Sapthiang, Paul Barrows, Javier García-Campayo, and Déborah Ducasse.

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

Mindfulness
Perspectives on Psychological Science
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

In addition to journal articles, Edo Shonin has contributed to book publications, including the title "The Way of the Mindful Warrior," published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2020.

Best Publications

Buddhist-Derived Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation for the Treatment of Psychopathology: a Systematic Review

Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Angelo Compare;Masood Zangeneh

309
Citations
The emerging role of Buddhism in clinical psychology: Toward effective integration.

Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Mark D. Griffiths

304
Citations
Emotional Regulation and Depression: A Potential Mediator between Heart and Mind

Angelo Compare;Cristina Zarbo;Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon

256
Citations
Mindfulness-based interventions: towards mindful clinical integration.

Edo Shonin;Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;William Van Gordon;Mark D. Griffiths

246
Citations
Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for Work-related Wellbeing and Job Performance: A Randomised Controlled Trial

E. Shonin;W. Van Gordon;T.J. Dunn;N.N. Singh

230
Citations
Mindfulness and other Buddhist-derived interventions in correctional settings: A systematic review

Edo Shonin;Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Karen Slade;Mark D. Griffiths

218
Citations
Towards a second generation of mindfulness-based interventions.

William Van Gordon;William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin;Mark D Griffiths

193
Citations
Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for Psychological Well-Being in a Sub-Clinical Sample of University Students: A Controlled Pilot Study

William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin;Alex Sumich;Eva C. Sundin

162
Citations
Work-Related Mental Health and Job Performance: Can Mindfulness Help?

William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin;Masood Zangeneh;Mark D. Griffiths

148
Citations
There is Only One Mindfulness: Why Science and Buddhism Need to Work Together

William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin;Mark D. Griffiths;Nirbhay N. Singh

146
Citations
Meditation awareness training for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.

William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin;Thomas J. Dunn;Javier Garcia-Campayo

129
Citations
Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for Improved Psychological Well-being: A Qualitative Examination of Participant Experiences

Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Mark D. Griffiths

126
Citations
Managers’ Experiences of Meditation Awareness Training

Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon

125
Citations
Do mindfulness-based therapies have a role in the treatment of psychosis?

Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Mark D Griffiths

124
Citations
Meditation Awareness Training for the Treatment of Sex Addiction: A Case Study.

William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin;Mark D. Griffiths

118
Citations
Meditation awareness training for the treatment of workaholism: A controlled trial

William Van Gordon;William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin;Thomas J. Dunn;Javier Garcia-Campayo

117
Citations
Buddhist philosophy for the treatment of problem gambling.

Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Mark D. Griffiths

114
Citations
Second-Generation Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Toward More Authentic Mindfulness Practice and Teaching

William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin

88
Citations
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Meditation Awareness Training (MAT) for the Treatment of Co-occurring Schizophrenia and Pathological Gambling: A Case Study

Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Mark D. Griffiths

87
Citations
Mindfulness and Nature

William Van Gordon;Edo Shonin;Miles Richardson

84
Citations
Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness

Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Nirbhay N. Singh

73
Citations
The treatment of workaholism with meditation awareness training: a case study.

Edo Shonin;Edo Shonin;William Van Gordon;Mark D. Griffiths

72
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William Van Gordon University of Derby

Mark D. Griffiths Nottingham Trent University

Javier García-Campayo University of Zaragoza

Angelo Compare University of Bergamo

Jesús Montero-Marín University of Oxford

David Sheffield University of Derby

Riccardo Dalle Grave University of Verona

Simona Calugi University of Bologna

Enrico Molinari Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Alexander Sumich Nottingham Trent University

External Links

Personal website of Edo Shonin

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