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Overview

J. David Creswell is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a specific emphasis on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and social psychology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including mindfulness and compassion interventions, COVID-19 and mental health, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Additional areas of interest include digital mental health interventions, stress responses and cortisol, and psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Prominent recent publications by Creswell include:

  • Detecting Depression and Predicting its Onset Using Longitudinal Symptoms Captured by Passive Sensing, 2021, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • Leveraging Collaborative-Filtering for Personalized Behavior Modeling, 2021, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
  • Mindfulness interventions improve momentary and trait measures of attentional control: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial., 2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology General
  • Lack of Belonging Predicts Depressive Symptomatology in College Students, 2022, Psychological Science
  • Nightly sleep duration predicts grade point average in the first year of college, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Creswell frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Janine M. Dutcher, Kirk Warren Brown, Afsaneh Doryab, Michael Tumminia, and Daniella K. Villalba.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several venues, highlighting a consistent presence in key journals and conferences. The most frequent publication venues include Psychosomatic Medicine, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Brain Behavior and Immunity, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, and Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

Best Publications

  • Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects

    Kirk Warren Brown;Richard M. Ryan;J. David Creswell

  • Mixed Methods Research Designs in Counseling Psychology.

    William E. Hanson;John W. Creswell;Vicki L. Plano Clark;Kelly S. Petska

  • Mindfulness Interventions

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  • Neural correlates of dispositional mindfulness during affect labeling.

    J. David Creswell;Baldwin M. Way;Naomi I. Eisenberger;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Mechanisms of mindfulness training: Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT).

    Emily K. Lindsay;J. David Creswell

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction training reduces loneliness and pro-inflammatory gene expression in older adults: A small randomized controlled trial

    J. David Creswell;Michael R. Irwin;Lisa J. Burklund;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Affirmation of Personal Values Buffers Neuroendocrine and Psychological Stress Responses

    J. David Creswell;William T. Welch;Shelley E. Taylor;David K. Sherman

  • How Does Mindfulness Training Affect Health? A Mindfulness Stress Buffering Account

    J. David Creswell;Emily K. Lindsay

  • To assess, to control, to exclude: Effects of biobehavioral factors on circulating inflammatory markers

    Mary-Frances O'Connor;Julie E Bower;Julie E Bower;Hyong Jin Cho;J David Creswell

  • Impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on intrinsic brain connectivity

    Lisa A. Kilpatrick;Brandall Y. Suyenobu;Suzanne R. Smith;Joshua A. Bueller

  • Brief mindfulness meditation training alters psychological and neuroendocrine responses to social evaluative stress

    J. David Creswell;Laura E. Pacilio;Emily K. Lindsay;Kirk Warren Brown

  • Addressing fundamental questions about mindfulness.

    Kirk Warren Brown;Richard M. Ryan;J. David Creswell

  • Handbook of mindfulness : theory, research, and practice

    Kirk Warren Brown;J. David Creswell;Richard M. Ryan

  • Trait mindfulness modulates neuroendocrine and affective responses to social evaluative threat

    Kirk Warren Brown;Netta Weinstein;J. David Creswell

  • Neural mechanisms of symptom improvements in generalized anxiety disorder following mindfulness training

    Britta K. Hölzel;Elizabeth A. Hoge;Douglas N. Greve;Tim Gard;Tim Gard

  • Alterations in Resting-State Functional Connectivity Link Mindfulness Meditation With Reduced Interleukin-6: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    J. David Creswell;Adrienne A. Taren;Emily K. Lindsay;Carol M. Greco

  • Mindfulness meditation training effects on CD4+ T lymphocytes in HIV-1 infected adults: a small randomized controlled trial.

    J. David Creswell;Hector F. Myers;Steven W. Cole;Michael R. Irwin

  • Mindful attention reduces neural and self-reported cue-induced craving in smokers

    Cecilia Westbrook;John David Creswell;Golnaz Tabibnia;Erica Julson

  • Dispositional mindfulness and depressive symptomatology: correlations with limbic and self-referential neural activity during rest.

    Baldwin M. Way;J. David Creswell;Naomi I. Eisenberger;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Brief mindfulness training for negative affectivity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Maya C Schumer;Emily K Lindsay;J David Creswell

  • Does Self-Affirmation, Cognitive Processing, or Discovery of Meaning Explain Cancer-Related Health Benefits of Expressive Writing?

    J. David Creswell;Suman Lam;Annette L. Stanton;Shelley E. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirk Warren Brown
Kirk Warren Brown Carnegie Mellon University
Peter J. Gianaros
Peter J. Gianaros University of Pittsburgh
Anna L. Marsland
Anna L. Marsland University of Pittsburgh
Richard M. Ryan
Richard M. Ryan Australian Catholic University
Joshua M. Smyth
Joshua M. Smyth Pennsylvania State University
Thomas F. Denson
Thomas F. Denson University of New South Wales
Matthew D. Lieberman
Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles
Sheldon Cohen
Sheldon Cohen Carnegie Mellon University
Peter R. Harris
Peter R. Harris University of Sussex
Julienne E. Bower
Julienne E. Bower University of California, Los Angeles

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