Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

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• 1982· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Alexander, C. N.; and Marks, E. J. Ego development, personality and behavioral change in inmates practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique or participating in other programs: A summary of cross-sectional and longitudinal results. Doctoral thesis of first author (summary), Department of Psychology and Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1982. Findings also published in Dissertation Abstracts International 43(2): 539B, 1982.

  The Transcendental Meditation technique was found to enhance ego development and reduce pathological symptoms in both a cross-sectional analysis and a longitudinal study of prison inmates. The results of other prison programs were by comparison both inconsistent and non-significant.

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