Contemplative psychology is concerned with the psychological study of contemplative processes and practices, such as meditation, mindfulness, yoga, introspection, reflection, metacognition, self-regulation, self-awareness, and self-consciousness. Although contemplative psychology borders with other psychological and nonpsychological disciplines, some of its underlying assumptions distinguish it from other remits of psychological and scholarly inquiry, as do its component areas of empirical focus, conceptual nuances, and challenges. Furthermore, the discipline has tended to be somewhat disparate in its approach to investigating the core techniques and principles of which it is composed, resulting in a need for greater intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary awareness of the commonalities and differences of core contemplative psychology attributes. As a remedy to these issues, in this article, we adopt a whole-discipline perspective and aim to explicate contemplative psychology’s history, breadth, key assumptions, challenges, and future directions.

沉思心理学关注沉思过程和实践的心理学研究，例如冥想、正念、瑜伽、内省、反思、元认知、自我调节、自我意识和自我意识。尽管沉思心理学与其他心理学和非心理学学科接壤，但它的一些基本假设将它与其他心理学和学术探究的范围区分开来，它的实证焦点、概念细微差别和挑战的组成领域也是如此。此外，该学科在研究其组成的核心技术和原则的方法上往往有些不同，导致需要对核心沉思心理学属性的共性和差异有更大的学科内和跨学科意识。