Publications

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y., & Kliegel, M. (2023). Challenge or Threat? The Effects of the Standard and a Second-Generation Mindfulness Intervention with Buddhist Practices on Cognitive Appraisals of Stress: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Experiment Performed in Switzerland. Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01964-8

Loued-Khenissi, L., & Gamaiunova, L. (2023, October 31). Echoes of the Abhidamma in the Component Process Model of Emotion. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sgf7r

Sideropoulos, V., Van Herwegen, J., Meuleman, B., Alessandri, M., Alnemary, F. M., Rad, J. A., Lavenex, P. A. B., Bolshakov, N., Bölte, S., Buffle, P., Cai, R. Y., Campos, R., Chirita-Emandi, A., Costa, A. P., Costanzo, F., Des Portes, V., Dukes, D., Faivre, L., Famelart, N., Fisher, M. H., [including Gamaiunova, L.],… Samson, A. C. (2023). Anxiety, concerns and COVID-19: Cross-country perspectives from families and individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. Journal of global health, 13, 04081. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.13.04081

Gamaiunova, L., Kreibig, S. D., Dan-Glauser, E., Pellerin, N., Brandt, P. Y., & Kliegel, M. (2022). Effects of two mindfulness based interventions on the distinct phases of the stress response across different physiological systems. Biological Psychology, 172, 108384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108384

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y. & Kliegel, M. (2021). Contemplative Training and Psychological Stress: An Analysis of First-person Accounts. Mindfulness, 2034–2049. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01661-1

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y., & Gallaz, P. (2021). La méditation pour réduire le stress : Quand méditer soulage l’esprit mais aussi le corps. Psychoscope, 1/2021, 22-24.

Dukes, D., Van Herwegen, J., Alessandri, M., Alnemary, F., Rad, J. A., Lavenex, P. B., [et al., including Gamaiunova, L.] (2021). Introducing the COVID-19 crisis Special Education Needs Coping Survey. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rtswa

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P. Y., Bondolfi, G., & Kliegel, M. (2019). Exploration of psychological mechanisms of the reduced stress response in long-term meditation practitioners. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 104, 143-151.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.02.026

Brandt, P. Y., Laubscher, K., Gamaiunova, L., & Dandarova Robert, Z. (2017). Vieilllir en institution en Suisse romande: La prise en compte de la spiritualité pour favoriser le bien-être. Working Paper, 1-37.

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P. Y., & Kliegel, M. (2016). Meditative insight: Validation of a French version of Ireland’s Insight Scale (2012) and exploration of relationships between meditative insight and perceived stress. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 19(8), 883-896. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2016.1261334

Mayor, E., & Gamaiunova, L. (2015). Mobile device-based mindfulness intervention promotes emotional regulation during anticipatory stress. In W. W. A. Alomainy, Y. Hao, K. S. Nikita and C. G. Parini (Eds.), 5th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies" (pp. 258-262): ICST. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261617

Mayor, E., & Gamaiunova, L. (2014). Using wearable technology for psychophysiological experiments: Gender roles and cognitive appraisal impact cardiac response to socio-evaluative stress. In K. S. Nikita, B. Lo, D. I. Fotiadis, Y. Hao and A. Kiourti (Eds.), Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth), 2014 EAI 4th International Conference on (pp. 15-18): IEEE. doi: 10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015897

Congress contributions

Gamaiunova, L., Pellerin, N. (2023). Anticipating stress: to focus on the body or on doctrinal tenets? Poster presented at the Mind and Life Europe Summer Research Institute (Pomaia, Italy, 20-24 August 2023)

Gamaiunova, L., Dan-Glauser, E., Pellerin, N., Brandt, P.-Y., Kliegel, M. (2020). The Effects of Two Mindfulness Programs on the Stress-Related Changes in the ANS: Contrasting the Activity of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Branches During Different Phases of the TSST. Poster presented at the 2020 Contemplative Research Conference (online, 5-8 November 2020).

Gamaiunova, L., Dan-Glauser, E., Pellerin, N., Brandt, P.-Y., Kliegel, M. (2020). Mindfulness programs and prolonged physiological activation during stress: interventions effects on the sympathetic, cardiac parasympathetic and HPA-axis. Poster presented at the 2020 Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting (online, 4-11 October 2020).

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y., Kliegel, M. (2019). Mindfulness intervention effects on the anticipatory cognitive appraisals and associated cardiovascular profiles. Poster presented at the Contemplative Science Symposium (Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, 25-27 October 2019).

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y., Kliegel, M. (2018). Recovery from Stress in Long-Term Meditation Practitioners and Matched Controls: Mediative Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies. Poster presented at the 2018 Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting (Quebec-city, Canada, 3-7 October 2018).

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y., Kliegel, M. (2018). The Phenomenology of Stress Experience in Long-term Meditators and Matched Controls”. Poster presented 2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research. (Phoenix, USA, 8-11 November 2018).

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y., Kliegel, M. (2018). Stress response to social-evaluative threat in experienced meditators and matched controls. Poster presented at the Brain Mind Institute Symposium, EPFL "Stress in Health and Disease", Lausanne, Switzerland (Lausanne, Switzerland, 14-15 March 2018)

Gamaiunova, L. (2017). Buddhist Meditation Practitioners under a Social-evaluative Threat: A Mix-method Exploration. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (Washington DC, USA, 13-15 October 2017)

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y., Kliegel, M. (2015). Religious & spiritual coping: Current trends in research. Paper presented at the 14th congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology, Geneva, Switzerland (Geneva, Switzerland, 8-9 September 2015)

Gamaiunova, L. (2015; Chair). Psychology of Religion: Current research in French-speaking Switzerland. Symposium conducted at the 14th congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology, Geneva, Switzerland. (Geneva, Switzerland, 8-9 September 2015)

Gamaiunova, L. (2015). Spiritual/religious factor in mindfulness meditation effectiveness: theoretical considerations. Poster presented at the Mind and Life Europe Summer Research Institute (Chiemsee, Germany 28 August – 3 September 2015)

Gamaiunova, L., Kliegel, M., Brandt, P.-Y. (2015). Meditative Insight: further exploration of construct. Poster presented at the Congress of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (Istanbul, Turkey 17-20 August 2015)

Gamaiunova, L., Mayor, E. (2015). Mindfulness Attention Awareness and Cognitive Appraisal. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (Amsterdam, Netherlands 12-14 March 2015)

Gamaiunova, L. (2014). Sufi practice of surrender: Involvement in coping process. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Joint Postgraduate Conference on Religion and Theology (Bristol, UK 7-8 March 2014).

Gamaiunova, L., Brandt, P.-Y. (2013). Surrender as a coping style among dervishes of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order. Poster presented at the Congress of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (Lausanne, Switzerland 27-20 August 2013)