Micro-phenomenological Measures and Mechanisms

Stapleton, Mog

Volume 16 · Number 2 · Pages 234–236

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Micro-phenomenological Measures and Mechanisms

Mog Stapleton

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Open peer commentary on the article “Assessing Subjective Processes and Vulnerability in Mindfulness-based Interventions: A Mixed methods Exploratory Study” by Sebastián Medeiros, Carla Crempien, Alejandra Vásquez-Rosati, Javiera Duarte, Catherine Andreu, Álvaro I. Langer, Miguel Ibaceta, Jaime R. Silva & Diego Cosmelli Sánchez. Abstract: I explore three questions that concern the micro-phenomenological part of the study, which I take to be a novel addition to the psychologist’s toolkit. (a) What is it exactly that the micro-phenomenological interview measures? (b) What does the insight into the dynamics of experience reveal? And, (c) is the micro-phenomenological interview a mere measure or potentially also a mechanism?

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Stapleton M. (2021) Micro-phenomenological measures and mechanisms. Constructivist Foundations 16(2): 234–236. https://constructivist.info/16/2/234

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