Research

Have a look at my ResearchGate and ORCiD record (links below) for more information on my research projects, and the journal Mindfulness, where I am an Associate Editor.

Publications

Strohmaier, S., & Goldberg, S.B. (2024). Longitudinal increases in mindfulness practice quality are associated with changes in psychological outcomes and not vice versa – a brief report. Current Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-05644-y.
Hickey, T., Strohmaier, S., Fossey, E., & Heriot-Maitland, C. (2024).  The acceptability and impact of a video on Compassion-Focused Therapy as a psycho-educative tool to deepen awareness around voice-hearing.  OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine Special Issue: Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) - Advances and Innovations, 9 I(2), 023.  https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2402023

Krageloh, C., & Strohmaier, S. (2024). Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) in international contexts. In: Krägeloh, C.U., Alyami, M., Medvedev, O.N. (eds) International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89738-3_17-1

Foxwell, K., Strohmaier, S., Jones, F., & Nigbur, D. (2024). Having, making and feeling home as a European immigrant in the United Kingdom post-Brexit referendum: An interpretative phenomenological study. British Journal of Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12798

Strohmaier, S., & Bailey, N. (2023). Do Not Keep Calm and Carry on: School‑Based Mindfulness Programmes Should Test Making Mindfulness Practice Available in the School Day. Mindfulness, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02249-7.

Strohmaier, S., Krageloh, C., & Luders, E. (2023). Self-Compassion Scale (SCS)-international. In: Krägeloh, C.U., Alyami, M., Medvedev, O.N. (eds) International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89738-3_18-1

Kurth, F., Strohmaier S., Luders, E. (2023). Reduced Age-Related Gray Matter Loss in the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Long-Term Meditators. Brain Sciences.,13(12), 1677. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13121677  

Strohmaier, S., Jones, F., & Cane, J. (2022). One-session mindfulness of the breath meditation practice: A randomized controlled study of the effects on state hope and state gratitude in the general population. Mindfulness, 13 (1), 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01780-9  

Strohmaier, S., Jones, F. W., & Cane, J. E. (2021). Effects of length of mindfulness practice on mindfulness, depression, anxiety and stress: a randomized controlled experiment. Mindfulness, 12 (1) 198–214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01512-5.

Strohmaier, S. (2020). The relationship between doses of mindfulness-based programs and depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulness: A dose-response meta-regression of randomized controlled trials. Mindfulness, 11 (6), 1315-1335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01319-4.

Strohmaier, S., Homans, K.M., Hulbert, S., Crutch, S.J., Brotherhood, E.V., Harding, E., & Camic, PM. (2021). Arts-based interventions for people living with dementia: Measuring ‘in the moment’ wellbeing with the Canterbury Wellbeing Scales. Wellcome Open Research, 6 (59), https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16596.2.

Camic, P. M., Dickens, L., Zeilig, H., & Strohmaier, S. (2021). Subjective wellbeing in people living with dementia: exploring processes of multiple object handling sessions in a museum setting. Wellcome Open Research, 6 (96). https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16819.2.

Hassett, A. & Strohmaier, S. (2020). Trauma Recovery Core Capabilities for the Children’s Workforce in the United Kingdom: A Q-Methodology Study. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development, 17 (4), 317-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/26904586.2020.1826026.

Camic, P. M., Hulbert, S., Strohmaier, S., Crutch, S., Homans, K., & Brotherhood, E. (2020). Canterbury Wellbeing Scales: directions and scales. Wellcome Research Open, Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4063768.

Holttum, S., Lea, L., & Strohmaier S. (2020). Development and validation of the trainee rated impact of involvement index (TRIple-I) in clinical psychology training. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-02-2020-0011.

Taylor-Roberts, L., Strohmaier, S., Jones, F. & Baker, P. (2019). A systematic review of community participation measures for people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12565.

Zeilig, H., Tischler V., van der Byl Williams, M., West, J., & Strohmaier, S. (2019). Co-creativity, well-being and agency: A case study analysis of a co-creative arts group for people with dementia. Journal of Aging Studies, 49, 16-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2019.03.002.

Camic, P. M., Crutch, S., Murphy, C., Firth, N., Harding, E., Harrison, C., Howard, S., Strohmaier, S., van Leeuwen, J., West, J., Windle, G., Wray, S., & Zeilig, H. (2018). Conceptualising and understanding artistic creativity in the dementias: interdisciplinary approaches to research and practice. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 (1842). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01842.

Conference presentations

August 2nd-4th 2024 Strohmaier, S. (2024, August 3). Dose-response in mindfulness - examining formal and informal practice dose and instruction. International Conference on Mindfulness (ICM2024), Bangor, Wales, UK.

Nov. 15th-18th 2022 Strohmaier, S., Bowles, N., Zohar, S., & van Dam, N. (2022, November 15). Too much or not enough of a good thing? Exploring dose-response in mindfulness and meditation. Symposium presented at International Conference on Mindfulness (ICM Asia Pacific), Melbourne, Australia.

May 16th-17th 2022   Strohmaier, S. (2022, May 16th-17th). One-session mindfulness of the breath meditation practice: A randomized controlled study of the effects on state hope and state gratitude in the general population. International Conference on Cognitive Science and Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Nov. 19th-22nd 2020 Strohmaier, S. (2020, November 21). Effect of Length of Mindfulness Practice - A Randomized Controlled Experiment. Paper presented and discussed at Psychonomic Society 61st Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA (virtual).

May 21st 2020         Strohmaier, S. (2020, May 2021). Learning mindfulness – a marathon not a sprint. Winner: 3-minute thesis competition. Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

May 21st 2020         Strohmaier, S. (2020, May 21). Diversification of mindfulness-based programs. Paper presented at Diversification-PGRA Conference [online]. Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

Feb. 11th-13th 2019  Strohmaier, S. (2019, February 12). Dose-response meta-regression of mindfulness- based interventions (MBIs): Method, challenges, and preliminary findings.  Paper presented at International Mindfulness Conference (ICM) Asia Pacific 2019, Auckland, New Zealand.

Sept. 21st 2018   Strohmaier, S. (2018, September 21). Engagement and mindfulness-based approaches: Dose-response in mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). Paper presented at the Sussex Mindfulness Centre (SMC) conference titled Community Mindfulness: Staying connected, local and accessible, SMC, Hove, UK.

Nov. 24th 2017   Strohmaier, S. & Camic, C. M. (2017, November 24). Conceptualising what we mean by ‘wellbeing’ in the dementias. Paper presented at the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) conference titled Powerful Partners: Advancing Dementia Care through the Arts and Sciences, RSPH: London, UK.


Presenting a symposium on dose-response in mindfulness chaired by Prof Nicholas van Dam followed by a discussion at the International Conference on Mindfulness, Asia Pacific (ICM November 2022) in Melbourne, Australia

Presenting at the International Conference on Mindfulness,  Asia Pacific 2019 (ICM 2019) in Auckland, New Zealand.