Publications

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Yunusova, A., Levinthal, D. J., Lam, P., Brown, K. W., Branson, Z., Wu, S., Sanov, B., Liccione, A., Dutcher, J.M., Lindsay, E., & Creswell, J. D. (2026). Beyond Chronic Stress: Daily Stress Is Associated with Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Dutcher, J. M., Brown, K. W., Lindsay, E. K., Greco, C. M., Wright, A. G., Gallegos, A. M., … & Creswell, J. D. (2025). Mindfulness-based stress reduction and loneliness in older adults: two randomized controlled trials. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 80(12), gbaf178.

Lindsay, E.K., Damon, S.D., Low, C.A., & Marsland, A.L. (2025). Remote mindfulness training for health following early life adversity: A randomized controlled feasibility trial. Behavior Therapy.

Lindsay, E.K., Young, S., & Creswell, J.D. (2025). Mindfulness training fosters a positive outlook during acute stress: A randomized controlled trial. Emotion, 25(4), 815–826.

Lindsay, E.K., Berry, D.R., & Dutcher, J.M. (2025). Mechanisms of Mindfulness Interventions: Perspective from Monitor and Acceptance Theory (MAT). In Ostafin, Robinson, & Meier (Eds.), The Handbook of Mindfulness and Self-Regulation: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Personality, Clinical, and Applied Perspectives (2^nd ed.).New York, NY: Springer.

Marsland, A.L., Jones, E.J., Reed, R.G., Walsh, C.P., Natale, B., Lindsay, E.K., & Ewing, L.J. (2024). Childhood trauma and hair cortisol response over the year following onset of a chronic life event stressor. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 165, 107039.

Lindsay, E.K., Marsland, A.L., Cole, S., Dutcher, J.M., Greco, C.M., Wright, A.G.C., Brown, K.W., & Creswell, J.D. (2024). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction reduces pro-inflammatory gene regulation but not systemic inflammation among older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 86(5), 463-472.

Lindsay, E.K. (in press). Mindfulness interventions for healthy stressed populations. In K. Brown, R. Ryan, & J. Creswell (Eds.), Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice (2^nd ed.).New York, NY: Guilford Publications.

Walsh, C. P., Lindsay, E. K., Grosse, P., Natale, B. N., Fairlie, S., Bwint, A., Schaffer, L., McMahon, K., Del Duke, C., Forse, J., Lamonja-Vicente, N., & Marsland, A. L. (2023). A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Stability of Peripheral Immune Markers in Healthy Adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 107, 32-46.

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. [For a commentary, see: Willette, A. A. (2022). Mind over what matters: How training in emotional self-regulation can strengthen the immune response in lonely elders. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 106, 231-232.]

Lindsay, E.K. (2022). Small “doses” of inflammation initiate social sickness behavior. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 102, 40-41.

Bravo, A.J., Lindsay, E.K., & Pearson, M.R. (2022). Nature, Assessment, and Mechanisms of Mindfulness. Chapter to appear in O. Medvedev, C. Krägeloh, R. Siegert, & N. Singh (Eds.), Handbook of Assessment in Mindfulness. New York, NY: Springer.

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., Inagaki, T.K., Walsh, C.P., Messay, B., Ewing, L.J., & Marsland, A.L. (2021). Stress-related inflammation and social withdrawal in mothers of a child with cancer: A one-year follow-up study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84(2), 141-150.

Rahrig, H., Bjork, J.M., Tirado, C., Chester, D.S., Creswell, J.D., Lindsay, E.K., Penberthy, J.K., & Brown, K.W. (2021). Provocation on pause: Preliminary evidence that mindfulness training modifies neural responses in a reactive aggression task. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 15, 162.

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.

*Chin, B., Lindsay, E.K., Greco, C.M., Brown, K.W., Smyth, J.M., Wright, A.G.C. & Creswell, J.D. (2020). Mindfulness interventions improve momentary and trait measures of attentional control: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(4), 686.

*Villalba, D.K., Lindsay, E.K., Marsland, A.L., Greco, C.M., Young, S., Brown, K.W., Smyth, J.M., Walsh, C.P., Gray, K., Chin, B., & Creswell, J.D. (2019). Mindfulness training and systemic low-grade inflammation in stressed community adults: Evidence from two randomized controlled trials. PloS one, 14(7), e0219120.

*Chin, B., Lindsay, E.K., Greco, C., Brown, K.W., Wright, A.G.C., Smyth, J.M., & Creswell, J.D. (2019). Psychological mechanisms driving stress resilience in mindfulness training: A randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology, 38(8), 759.

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.

*Schumer, M.C., Lindsay, E.K., & Creswell, J.D. (2018). Brief mindfulness training for negative affectivity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(7), 569.

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.

Taren, A., Gianaros, P., Greco, C., Lindsay, E., Fairgrieve, A., Brown, K., Rosen, K., Ferris, J., Julson, E., Marsland, A., & Creswell, J. (2017). Mindfulness meditation training and executive control network resting state functional connectivity: a randomized controlled trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(6), 674-683.

*Rahl, H.A., Lindsay, E.K., Pacilio, L.E., Brown, K.W., & Creswell, J.D. (2017). Brief mindfulness meditation training reduces mind wandering: The critical role of acceptance training. Emotion, 17(2), 224-230.

*Slutsky, J., Rahl, H.A., Lindsay, E.K., & Creswell, J.D. (2017). Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Social Threat. In J. Karremans & E. Papies (Eds.), Mindfulness in Social Psychology. New York, NY: Routledge.

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., Taren, A.A., Lindsay, E.K., Greco, C.M., Gianaros, P.J., Fairgrieve, A., Marsland, A.L., Brown, K.W., Way, B.M., Rosen, R.K., & Ferris-Glick, J. (2016). Alterations in resting state functional connectivity link mindfulness meditation with reduced interleukin-6: A randomized controlled trial. Biological Psychiatry 80(1), 53-61.

Lindsay, E.K. & Creswell, J.D. (2015). Back to the basics: How attention monitoring and acceptance stimulate positive growth. Psychological Inquiry, 26(4), 343-348.

Taren, A., Gianaros, P., Greco, C., Lindsay, E., Fairgrieve, A., Brown, K., Rosen, R., Ferris, J., Marsland, A., Bursley, J., Ramsburg, J., & Creswell, J. (2015). Mindfulness meditation training alters stress-related amygdala resting state functional connectivity: a randomized controlled trial. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(12), 1758-1768.

Quaglia, J.T., Brown, K.W., Lindsay, E.K., Creswell, J.D., & Goodman, R.J. (2015). From conceptualization to operationalization of mindfulness. In K. Brown, R. Ryan, & J. Creswell (Eds.), Handbook of Mindfulness Science (pp. 151-170). New York, NY: Guilford Publications.

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. (2014). Helping the self help others: Self-affirmation increases self-compassion and pro-social behaviors. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 421.

Creswell, J.D., Pacilio, L.E., Lindsay, E.K., & Brown, K.W. (2014). Brief mindfulness meditation training alters psychological and neuroendocrine responses to social evaluative stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 44, 1-12.

Gilani S., Vuga L., Lindell K., Gibson K., Xue J., Kaminski N., Valentine V.G., Lindsay E., George M.P., Steele C., Duncan S.R. (2010). CD28 down-regulation on circulating CD4 T-cells is associated with poor prognoses of patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.  PLoS ONE 5(1): e8959.