Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

4 papers found

• 1990· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Dillbeck, M. C.; Msemaje, H. I.; Clayborne, B. M.; and Dillbeck, S. L. Cognitive and self development among urban children participating in an after-school educational program. Paper presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 1990.

  This study found that urban children of low-income families who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique (or Word of Wisdom technique for younger children) as part of an after-school enrichment program showed increased analytical ability, improved self concept, and improved general intellectual performance in comparison to controls who participated in the after-school program without learning one of these techniques.

  • Cognitive Performance: Increased Analytical Ability
  • Cognitive Performance: Increased General Intellectual Performance
  • Self Development: Improved Self Concept
• 1996· Hypertension· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Alexander, C. N.; Schneider, R. H.; Staggers, F; Sheppard, W.; Clayborne, B. M.; Rainforth, M.; Salerno, J.; Kondwani, K.; Smith, S.; Walton, K. G.; and Egan, B. Trial of stress reduction for hypertension in older African Americans: II. Sex and risk subgroup analysis. Hypertension 28: 228–237, 1996.

  This study found that the Transcendental Meditation program reduced high systolic and diastolic blood pressure among all subgroups of hypertensive patients—both men and women, and both high and low psychosocial stress subjects—in contrast to control subjects. Those participating in the Transcendental Meditation program, irrespective of their subgroup on five other risk measures for high blood pressure—obesity, alcohol use, physical inactivity, dietary sodium-potassium intake, and an overall index of all risk factors—also showed reduction of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in comparison to control subjects.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Reduction of High Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Found for both Men and Women, and both High and Low Psychosocial Stress Subjects who Learned the Transcendental Meditation program
  • Health—Cardiovascular: Reduction of High Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Irrespective of Score on Five Other Measures of Risk for High Blood Pressure—Obesity, Alcohol Use, Physical Inactivity, Dietary Sodium-Potassium Intake, and Index of All Risk Factors Combined
• 2003· Journal of Offender Rehabilitation· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Jones, Christopher; Clayborne, B. Mawiyah; Grant, James D.; and Rutherford, George. Attacking crime at its source: Consciousness-Based education in the prevention of violence and antisocial behavior. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 229–255, 2003.

  The authors review research indicating that the Transcendental Meditation program reduces risk factors for crime in four broad categories—physiological, psychological, sociological, and substance abuse; and conclude that the program will be a highly effective means to reduce or eliminate violent behavior in schools.

  • Review Paper—Rehabilitation: Research Review—Reduction of Risk Factors for Crime and Prevention of Violence in Schools
• 2005· Journal of Social Behavior and Personality· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Dixon, Carol A.; Dillbeck, Michael C.; Travis, Frederick; Msemaje, Horus I.; Clayborne, B. Mawiyah; Dillbeck, Susan L.; Alexander, Charles N. Accelerating cognitive and self-development: Longitudinal studies with preschool and elementary school children. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17: 65–91, 2005.

  Two longitudinal studies of elementary school students found improvements in cognitive factors underlying performance on mental tests among students who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique, or Maharishi’s Word of Wisdom technique for those under 10 years of age.

  • Cognitive Performance: Increased General Intellectual Performance
  • Cognitive Performance: Increased Psychological Differentiation
  • Cognitive Performance: Increased Analytical Ability
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