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Shauna L. Shapiro publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shauna L. Shapiro sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 95 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Shauna L. Shapiro D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shauna L. Shapiro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shauna L. Shapiro is a researcher primarily affiliated with Santa Clara University in the United States. Their scholarly work centers on psychology, with a significant focus on clinical psychology and related subfields.

The research fields that Shapiro has contributed to include:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The main topics explored in Shapiro's research are:

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Child Therapy and Development
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Psychological Treatments and Assessments
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Mind wandering and attention

Shapiro has published in several venues with consistent output, including:

  • The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Alternative and Complementary Therapies
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology

Frequent collaborators in Shapiro's work include:

  • Linda E. Carlson
  • Broderick A. Sawyer
  • Rick Hanson
  • Emma Hutton-Thamm
  • Michael R. Hagerty

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Shapiro feature the following:

  • History of Mindfulness and Psychology, 2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology
  • Mindfulness Practices for Challenging Times: Emotion Regulation, Shifting Perspective, Compassion for Empathy Distress, 2020, Alternative and Complementary Therapies

In addition to articles, Shapiro has contributed to book publications. One notable book is:

  • The art & science of mindfulness: Integrating mindfulness into the helping professions (3rd ed.), published in 2024 by the American Psychological Association

Best Publications

  • Mindfulness : A proposed operational definition

    Scott R. Bishop;Mark Lau;Shauna Shapiro;Linda E Carlson

  • Mechanisms of mindfulness.

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Linda E. Carlson;John A. Astin;Benedict Freedman

  • Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on medical and premedical students.

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Gary E. Schwartz;Ginny Bonner

  • The toronto mindfulness scale: Development and validation

    Mark A. Lau;Scott R. Bishop;Zindel V. Segal;Tom Buis

  • A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation versus relaxation training: effects on distress, positive states of mind, rumination, and distraction.

    Shamini Jain;Shauna L. Shapiro;Summer Swanick;Scott C. Roesch

  • Teaching Self-Care to Caregivers: Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Mental Health of Therapists in Training

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Kirk Warren Brown;Gina M. Biegel

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Health Care Professionals: Results From a Randomized Trial

    Shauna L. Shapiro;John A. Astin;Scott R. Bishop;Matthew Cordova

  • The meeting of meditative disciplines and Western psychology: a mutually enriching dialogue.

    Roger Walsh;Shauna L. Shapiro

  • Cultivating mindfulness: effects on well-being.

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Doug Oman;Carl E. Thoresen;Thomas G. Plante

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction for the treatment of adolescent psychiatric outpatients: A randomized clinical trial.

    Gina M. Biegel;Kirk Warren Brown;Shauna L. Shapiro;Christine M. Schubert

  • Mental balance and well-being: Building bridges between Buddhism and Western psychology.

    B. Alan Wallace;Shauna L. Shapiro

  • Meditation Lowers Stress and Supports Forgiveness Among College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Doug Oman;Shauna L Shapiro;Carl E Thoresen;Thomas G Plante

  • The moderation of mindfulness-based stress reduction effects by trait mindfulness: Results from a randomized controlled trial

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Kirk Warren Brown;Carl Thoresen;Thomas G. Plante

  • Stress management in medical education: a review of the literature.

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Daniel E. Shapiro;Gary E. R. Schwartz

  • The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on nurse stress and burnout, Part II: A quantitative and qualitative study.

    Joanne Cohen-Katz;Susan D Wiley;Terry Capuano;Debra M Baker

  • The efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction in the treatment of sleep disturbance in women with breast cancer: An exploratory study

    Shauna L Shapiro;Richard R Bootzin;Aurelio J Figueredo;Ana Maria Lopez

  • The Effects of Mindfulness‐based Stress Reduction on Nurse Stress and Burnout, Part II: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study

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  • Quality of life and breast cancer: relationship to psychosocial variables.

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Ana Maria Lopez;Gary E. Schwartz;Richard Bootzin

  • TOWARD THE INTEGRATION OF MEDITATION INTO HIGHER EDUCATION: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH EVIDENCE

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Kirk Warren Brown;John A. Astin

  • A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for chronic insomnia.

    Jason C. Ong;Rachel Manber;Zindel Segal;Yinglin Xia

  • Combining Mindfulness Meditation with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Insomnia: A Treatment-Development Study

    Jason C. Ong;Shauna L. Shapiro;Rachel Manber

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda E. Carlson
Linda E. Carlson University of Calgary
Gary E. Schwartz
Gary E. Schwartz University of Arizona
Richard R. Bootzin
Richard R. Bootzin University of Arizona
Kirk Warren Brown
Kirk Warren Brown Carnegie Mellon University
Carl E. Thoresen
Carl E. Thoresen Stanford University
Zindel V. Segal
Zindel V. Segal University of Toronto
Rachel Manber
Rachel Manber Stanford University
Thomas G. Plante
Thomas G. Plante Santa Clara University
Nicole D. Anderson
Nicole D. Anderson University of Toronto
Aurelio José Figueredo
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona

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