My primary research focuses on psychological and biological pathways that explain how mindfulness interventions impact stress, emotion, social, and health outcomes.

Representative Publications

Lindsay, E.K., Young, S., Brown, K.W., Smyth, J., & Creswell, J.D. (2019). Mindfulness training reduces loneliness and increases social contact in a randomized controlled trial. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(9), 3488-3493.

Creswell, J.D., Lindsay, E.K., Villalba, D.K., & Chin, B. (2019). Mindfulness training and physical health: Mechanisms and outcomes. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81(3), 224-232.

Lindsay, E.K., & Creswell, J.D. (2019). Mindfulness and emotion regulation: Perspectives from Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT). Current Opinion in Psychology, 28, 120-125.

Lindsay, E.K., Chin, B., Greco, C.M., Young, S., Brown, K.W., Wright, A.G.C., Smyth, J.M., Burkett, D., & Creswell, J.D. (2018). How mindfulness training promotes positive emotions: Dismantling acceptance skills training in two randomized controlled trials. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(6), 944-973.

Lindsay, E.K., Young, S., Smyth, J., Brown, K.W., & Creswell, J.D. (2018). Acceptance lowers stress reactivity: Dismantling mindfulness training in a randomized controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 87, 63-73.

Lindsay, E.K. & Creswell, J.D. (2017). Mechanisms of mindfulness training: Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT). Clinical Psychology Review, 51, 47-59.

Creswell, J.D. & Lindsay, E.K. (2014). How does mindfulness training affect health? A mindfulness stress buffering account. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(6), 401-407.

Lindsay, E.K., Creswell, J.D., Stern, H.J., Greco, C., Walko, T.D., Dutcher, J.M., Wright, A.G.C., Brown, K.W., & Marsland, A.L. (2022). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction increases stimulated IL-6 production among lonely older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 104, 6-15.

Lindsay, E.K. (2021). Mindfulness interventions for offsetting health risk following early life stress: Promising directions. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, 17, 100338.

Lindsay, E.K., Creswell, J.D., Stern, H.J., Greco, C., Dutcher, J.M., Lipitz, S., Walsh, C.P., Wright, A.G.C., Brown, K.W., & Marsland, A.L. (2021). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction buffers glucocorticoid resistance among older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(6), 641-649.