Publications

Essays for a general audience
Condon, P. (2023). Venturing beyond our fear of emptiness. Lion’s Roar. Digital

Condon, P. (2023). Buddha nature beyond mere concept. Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Guide, 21(4), 76-77.

Condon, P. (2022). Nurturing a relational mindset. Insights: Journey into the Heart of Contemplative Science. Digital.
*Cross posted as Condon, P (2023). Nurturing a relational mindset.  The Arrow: A Journal of Wakeful Society, Culture, & Politics. Digital.

Condon, P. (2021). You can take refuge right here. Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Guide, 19(4), 42-55.

Condon, P. (2020). Bridging psychology and contemplative practice to benefit hearts and minds today. Mind & Life Institute Blog. Digital.

Condon, P., & Makransky, J. (2020). Modern meditation needs to recover its communal heart. Psyche. Digital.

Academic articles
Condon, P. (in press). A contemplative social psychology perspective on character and virtue. Philosophy East & West.

Condon, P., & Makransky, J. (2023). Compassion and skillful means: Cultural adaptation, psychological science, and creative responsiveness. Mindfulness, 14, 2331-2341.

Colaianne, B., Condon, P., Tumminia, M., Galla, B., & Roeser, R. (2023). The role of relatedness: A short-term longitudinal study on the development of compassion in adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 88, 101569.

Condon, P., & Makransky, J. (2022). Compassion practices. In D. Rakel & V. Minichiello (Eds.), Integrative Medicine, 5th Ed. (pp. 831-835). Elsevier.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Condon, P., Hasenkamp, W., MacKerron, G., Quigley, K., & Barrett, L.F. (2022). The Qwantify app dataset: A remote experience sampling study of desire, emotion, and well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1054292.

Condon, P., & Makransky, J. (2020). Recovering the relational starting point of compassion training: A foundation for sustainable and inclusive care. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 1346-1362.

Condon, P., & Makransky, J. (2020). Sustainable compassion training: Integrating meditation theory with psychological science. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2249.

Mascaro, J., Florian, M.P., Ash, M.J., Palmer, P.K., Frazier, T., Condon, P., & Raison, C. (2020). Ways of knowing compassion: How do we come to know, understand, and measure compassion when we see it? Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2467.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D., Dunne, J., & Condon, P. (2020). Achieving deep integration across disciplines: A process lens on investigating human flourishing. In N.E. Snow & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Self, motivation, and virtue: Innovative interdisciplinary research. Routledge.

Condon, P. (2019). Meditation in context: Factors that facilitate prosocial behavior. Current Opinion in Psychology, 28, 15-19.

Condon, P., Dunne, J., & Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D. (2019). Wisdom and compassion: A new perspective on the science of relationships. Journal of Moral Education, 48, 98-108.

DeSteno, D., Lim, D., Duong, F., & Condon, P. (2018). Meditation inhibits aggressive response to provocations. Mindfulness9, 1117-1122.

Siegel, E.H., Sands, M.K., Van Der Noortgate, W., Condon, P., Chang, Y., Dy, J., Quigley, K., Barrett, L.F. (2018). Emotion fingerprints or emotion populations? A meta-analytic investigation of autonomic features of emotion categories. Psychological Bulletin, 144, 343-393.

Condon, P., & DeSteno, D. (2017). Enhancing compassion: Social psychological perspectives. In E. Seppala, J. Doty, M. Worline, D. Cameron, S. Brown, & E. Simon-Thomas (Eds.), Oxford handbook of compassion science. Oxford University Press.

Condon, P. (2017). Mindfulness, compassion, and prosocial behavior. In J.C. Karremans & E.K. Papies (Eds.), Mindfulness in social psychology (pp. 124-138). Psychology Press.

DeSteno, D., Condon, P., & Dickens, L. (2016). Gratitude and compassion. In L.F. Barrett, J.M. Haviland-Jones, & M. Lewis (Eds.), Handbook of emotion, 4th Ed (pp. 835-846). Guilford Press.

Lim, D., Condon, P., & DeSteno, D. (2015). Mindfulness and compassion: A test of mechanism and scalability. PLOS One, 10: e0118221.

Condon, P., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., & Barrett, L.F. (2014). The psychological construction of positive emotion as a window into well-being. In J. Gruber & J. Moskowitz,  (Eds.), Positive emotion: Integrating the light sides and dark sides (pp. 11-33). Oxford University Press.

Condon, P., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., & Barrett, L.F. (2014). What is a positive emotion? The psychological construction of pleasant fear and unpleasant happiness. In M. Tugade, M.N. Shiota, & L.D. Kirby, (Eds.), Handbook of positive emotions (pp. 60-81). Guilford Press.

Condon, P., & Barrett, L.F. (2013). Conceptualizing and experiencing compassion. Emotion, 13, 817-821.

Condon, P., Desbordes, G., Miller, W.B., & DeSteno, D. (2013). Meditation increases compassionate responses to suffering. Psychological Science, 24, 2125-2127.

Bartlett, M.Y., Condon, P., Cruz, J., Baumann, J., & DeSteno, D. (2012). Gratitude: Prompting behaviours that build relationships. Cognition & Emotion, 26, 2-13.

Condon, P., & DeSteno, D. (2011). Compassion for one reduces punishment for another. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 698-701.