Scientific Research Database
Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs
As taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
605 papers · 1,608 findings · 153 journals · 1970–2011
3 papers found
- 1986· Perceptual and Motor Skills· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5Dillbeck, M. C.; Assimakis, P. D.; Raimondi, D.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Rowe, R. Longitudinal effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program on cognitive ability and cognitive style. Perceptual and Motor Skills 62: 731–738, 1986.
Undergraduates practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program were found to increase significantly on intelligence and field independence over a three- to five-year period.
- Cognitive Performance: Increased Fluid Intelligence among University Students
- Cognitive Performance: Increased Field Independence among University Students
- 1989· Dissertation Abstracts International· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5Assimakis, P. D. Change in the quality of life in Canada: Intervention studies of the effect of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Doctoral dissertation (abstract), Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1989. Dissertation Abstracts International 50(5): 2203B, 1989.
Two studies using time series analysis indicate that the group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program at Maharishi International University in the U.S. had a statistically significant and substantive positive impact on the quality of life in Canada.
- Sociological—Improved Quality of Life: Improved Quality of National Life: Improvements on a Weekly Index Including Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Homicides, and Suicides (Canada, 1983–1985)
- Sociological—Reduced Accidents: Reductions of Weekly Fatalities Due to Accidents Other than Motor Vehicle Fatalities (Canada, 1983–1985)
- Sociological—Improved Quality of Life: Improvements on a Monthly Index Including Violent Fatalities (Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Homicides, and Suicides), Cigarette Consumption, and Worker-Days Lost in Strikes (Canada, 1972–1986)
- 1995· Psychological Reports· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6Assimakis, P. D., and Dillbeck, M. C. Time series analysis of improved quality of life in Canada: Social change, collective consciousness, and the TM-Sidhi program. Psychological Reports 76: 1171–1193, 1995.
The two studies reported in this paper found improved quality of national life in Canada during periods when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi program in the USA exceeded the square root of one per cent of the combined national populations of the USA and Canada. The first study found significant improvement in a weekly index measured by the sum of motor vehicle fatalities, homicides, and suicides; the second study documented significant improvement in a monthly index that combined the variables of motor vehicle fatalities, homicide, suicide, cigarette consumption, and work days lost in strikes.
- Sociological—Improved Quality of Life: Improvements on a Weekly Index Including Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Homicide, and Suicide (Canada, 1983–1985)
- Sociological—Improved Quality of Life: Improvements on a Monthly Index Including Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Homicide, Suicide, Cigarette Consumption, and Worker-Days Lost in Strikes (Canada, 1972–1986)