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., Cayoun, B., Shires, A. G., Medvedev, O. N., & Krageloh, C. U. (2026). Development and validation of the Mindfulness Meditation Practice Quality Scales (MMPQS) in a clinical population using Rasch analysis. Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-026-02990-9
Strohmaier, S., Jones, F., & Medvedev, O. (2026). Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Practice Doses in the General Population Through Personalization-A Randomized Controlled Experiment. Mindfulness, 17 (2), 731-745. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-026-02762-5
Bowles, N. I., Davies, J. N., Strohmaier, S., Galante, J., & van Dam, N. T. (2026). Too Much or Not Enough of a Good Thing?: Reconciling Differing Perspectives on the Optimal Dose of Mindfulness Meditation and Advancing a Dose-Response Research Agenda. Journal of Contemplative Studies, 1-37. https://doi.org/10.57010/CAXS3076
Strohmaier, S., & Medvedev, O. N. (2025). A latent profile analysis of the Big Five personality and mindfulness traits in the general population. Personality and
Individual Differences, 245, 113287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113287
Strohmaier, S., Cayoun, B., Shires, A. G., Medvedev, O. N., & Krageloh, C. U. (2025). Development and validation of the Mindfulness Meditation Practice Quality Scales (MMPQS) in a clinical population using Rasch analysis [preprint]. ResearchSquare. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-8218417/v1
Crocker, S. L., Roemer, A., Strohmaier, S., Wang, G. Y., & Medvedev, O. N. (2026). A Scpping Review of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Assessment and Diagnosis: Tools, Practices, and Sex Bias. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-025-00452-2
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. U., & 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. (2025). 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
Conferences
Oct. 19-22 2026 International Conference on Mindfulness - Asia Pacific (ICM-AP) Seoul, South Korea.
Strohmaier, S. (October 20, 2026). Symposium moderator: Meditation dose, ethics, and adverse effects.
Strohmaier, S. (October 20, 2026). A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials manipulating dose in meditation studies.
Strohmaier, S. (October 20, 2026). Effectiveness of formal vs. informal mindfulness practice doses - a four-arm randomised controlled trial.
Strohmaier, S. (October 21, 2026). Development and Validation of the Mindfulness Meditation Practice Quality Scales (MMPQS) in a clinical population using Rasch analysis.
Thomas, W. & Strohmaier, S. (October, 21, 2026). The Dharma Bridge project.
Oct. 9-10 2026 International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) Virtual Conference (worldwide).
Strohmaier, S. (Oct. 9, 2026). A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials manipulating dose in meditation studies
Strohmaier, S. (Oct. 10, 2026). Symposium: Why do digital meditation interventions work for some people more than others? Understanding heterogeneity in response, engagement, and mechanisms
Strohmaier, S. (Oct. 10, 2026). Beyond Efficacy: A Pragmatic Implementation Framework for Digital Mindfulness Interventions.
June 26-30 2026 The Consciousness Foundation. A Convening on the Science of Awakening (invitation-only). Santiago, Chile.
June 7-12 2026 Mind & Life Summer Research Institute. Depolarization: Cultivating Connection in a Divided World. The Garrison Institute, New York, USA.
Nov. 24-25 2025 Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology Melbourne, Australia.
Strohmaier, S. (2025, Nov. 25). Evaluating the effectiveness of formal vs. informal mindfulness instruction doses- a four-arm randomized controlled trial.
Nov. 3-6 2025 International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Strohmaier, S. (2025, Nov. 4). Evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness practice through personalization - a randomized controlled experiment.
Strohmaier, S. (2025, Nov. 5). Symposium panel: From micro-practices to meditation retreats: dose-response effects of meditation training.
Strohmaier, S. (2025, Nov. 5). Poster: The effectiveness of formal vs. informal mindfulness practice doses - a randomized conrtolled trial
June 27-29 2025 International Conference on Mindfulness - Asia Pacific (ICMAP 2025) Hong Kong.
Strohmaier, S. (2025, June 28). Dose-response and personalization of mindfulness practice and programs for wellbeing outcomes - findings from randomized controlled trials.
August 2-4 2024 International Conference on Mindfulness (ICM2024), Bangor, Wales, UK.
Strohmaier, S. (2024, August 3). Dose-response in mindfulness - examining formal and informal practice dose and instruction.
Nov. 15-18 2022 International Conference on Mindfulness (ICM Asia Pacific), Melbourne, Australia.
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
May 16-17 2022 International Conference on Cognitive Science and Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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.
Nov. 19-22 2020 Psychonomic Society 61st Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA (virtual).
Strohmaier, S. (2020, November 21). Effect of Length of Mindfulness Practice - A Randomized Controlled Experiment.
May 21 2020 Winner: 3-minute thesis competition. Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.
Strohmaier, S. (2020, May 2021). Learning mindfulness – a marathon not a sprint.
May 21 2020 Diversification-PGRA Conference [online]. Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.
Strohmaier, S. (2020, May 21). Diversification of mindfulness-based programs.
Feb. 11-13 2019 International Mindfulness Conference (ICM) Asia Pacific 2019, Auckland, New Zealand.
Strohmaier, S. (2019, February 12). Dose-response meta-regression of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs): Method, challenges, and preliminary findings.
Sept. 21 2018 Sussex Mindfulness Centre (SMC) conference titled Community Mindfulness: Staying connected, local and accessible, SMC, Hove, UK.
Strohmaier, S. (2018, September 21). Engagement and mindfulness-based approaches: Dose-response in mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs).
Nov. 24 2017 Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Confence titled Powerful Partners: Advancing Dementia Care through the Arts and Sciences. London, UK.
Strohmaier, S. & Camic, C. M. (2017, November 24). Conceptualising what we mean by ‘wellbeing’ in the dementias.
Dose-response symposium panel (above) and individual presentation (left) at the International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) conference (November 3-6), Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ASPP) conference (November 24-25, 2025) Melbourne Australia
International Conference on Mindfulness - Asia Pacific (ICM-AP June 2025) in Hong Kong, with Prof Samuel YS Wong, Prof Chris Krageloh, Prof Willem Kuyken, and conference delegates.
International Conference on Mindfulness (ICM August 2024) in Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
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-AP, November 2022) in Melbourne, Australia
International Conference on Mindfulness, Asia Pacific (ICM-AP, February 2019) in Auckland, New Zealand.