Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

2 papers found

• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Orme-Johnson, D.; Kiehlbauch, J.; Moore, R.; and Bristol, J. Personality and autonomic changes in prisoners practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA, 1971.

  Physiological stability and psychological adaptability increased in prisoners practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Fewer Spontaneous Skin Resistance Responses of Prisoners
  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Decreased Psychasthenia (Decreased Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, Increased Behavioral Flexibility) of Prisoners
  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Decreased Social Introversion (Increased Social Ease and Outgoingness) of Prisoners
• 2003· Journal of Offender Rehabilitation· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Orme-Johnson, David W.; and Moore, Richard M. First prison study using the Transcendental Meditation program: La Tuna Federal Penitentiary, 1971. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 89–95, 2003.

  Prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation program and practiced it regularly displayed after two months significantly increased stability of the autonomic nervous system, decreased psychological and behavioral rigidity, and decreased social introversion; degree of regularity of practice was significantly correlated with increased stability of the autonomic nervous system.

  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Increased Stability of the Autonomic Nervous System among Prisoners
  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Decreased Rigid or Obsessive Thoughts and Compulsive Behavior (Decreased Psychasthenia) among Prisoners
  • Rehabilitation of Offenders: Decreased Social Introversion among Prisoners
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