Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

30 papers found

• 1972· Journal of Counseling Psychology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Seeman, W.; Nidich, S.; and Banta, T. Influence of Transcendental Meditation on a measure of self-actualization. Journal of Counseling Psychology 19: 184–187, 1972.

  People practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique demonstrated increased self-actualization.

  • Self Development: Increased Self-Actualization
  • Self Development: Increased Inner-Directedness (Independence, Self-Supportiveness)
  • Social Behavior: Increased Spontaneity
  • + 1 more findings
• 1973· Journal of Counseling Psychology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Nidich, S.; Seeman, W.; and Dreskin, T. Influence of Transcendental Meditation: A replication. Journal of Counseling Psychology 20: 565–566, 1973.

  Changes on several measures in the direction of self-actualization were shown to occur in subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  • Self Development: Increased Feeling Reactivity (Sensitivity to One’s Own Needs and Feelings)
  • Self Development: Increased Self-Acceptance
  • Social Behavior: Increased Capacity for Close Contact (Capacity for Warm Interpersonal Relationships)
  • + 5 more findings
• 1975· Psychosomatic Medicine· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Blackwell, B.; Hanenson, I. B.; Bloomfield, S. S.; Magenheim, H. G.; Nidich, S. I.; and Gartside, P. Effects of Transcendental Meditation on blood pressure: A controlled pilot experiment. Psychosomatic Medicine 37(1): 86 (abstract), 1975.

  Blood pressure and anxiety decreased in hypertensive patients after they began the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Decreased Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Subjects
  • Psychological Health: Decreased State Anxiety
• 1976· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Nidich, S. I. A study of the relationship of the Transcendental Meditation Program to Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning. Doctoral thesis (summary), Department of Learning and Development, College of Education, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1975. Findings also published in Dissertation Abstracts International 36(7): 4361A, 1976.

  Subjects participating in the Transcendental Meditation program demonstrated a significantly higher level of moral maturity than those not participating in the program.

  • Social Behavior: Greater Moral Maturity
• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Nidich, S.; Seeman, W.; and Seibert, M. Influence of the Transcendental Meditation Program on state anxiety. Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1973.

  The Transcendental Meditation technique was found to effectively reduce anxiety.

  • Psychological Health: Decreased State Anxiety
• 1980· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Rowe, K. C.; Neuschatz, J. S.; and Nidich, S. I. Effect of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program on reaction time. State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA; Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA; and Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1980.

  Subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program showed a higher degree of mental alertness and psychophysiological integration, as indicated by faster reactions, than two control groups, one of which was interested in learning Transcendental Meditation, while the other was not. No significant difference in reaction time was found between the two control groups.

  • Motor Performance: Faster Reactions (Visual Choice Reaction Time)
• 1980· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Nidich, S. I. The Science of Creative Intelligence and the Transcendental Meditation Program: Reduction of drug and alcohol consumption. Department of Education, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Paper presented at the New England Educational Research Organization Conference, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA, May 1980.

  A substantial reduction in both drug and alcohol consumption was found in subjects who took a course on the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) and learned the Transcendental Meditation technique. Subjects who took the SCI course but did not learn Transcendental Meditation showed a decrease in the use of alcohol. No improvement was noted in members of a personal adjustment class.

  • Health Promoting Behavior: Decreased Use of Alcohol
  • Health Promoting Behavior: Decreased Drug Abuse
• 1981· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Baer, N.; Nidich, S.; and Abrams, A. A comparative study of Maharishi International University and two small private colleges on perceived personal growth, perceived academic atmosphere, and general quality of life. Master’s thesis, Department of Education, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1981.

  Students at Maharishi International University perceived their personal growth to be greater, and the quality of the academic atmosphere in the university to be higher, than did students from two other institutions of higher learning. These results are attributed to the unique, unified field approach to education utilized at MIU, which includes the regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program as part of the curriculum.

  • Academic Performance: Greater Enjoyment of School
  • Academic Performance: Greater Desire for Higher Academic Degrees
  • Academic Performance: Better Academic Atmosphere
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• 1982· Theoretical/Review· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Nidich, S. I.; and Orme-Johnson, D. W. Kohlberg Stage 7, Natural Law, and the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Moral Education, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, 3 September 1982.

  This paper discusses how the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program brings fulfillment to the ideal of a `cosmic perspective', as expressed in Kohlberg's Stage 7, and shows that the psychophysiological basis of this state can now be clearly understood in the light of scientific research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program.

  • Review Paper—Psychology: Theoretical and Review Paper—Moral Reasoning
• 1983· Journal of Moral Education· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Nidich, S. I.; Ryncarz, R. A.; Abrams, A. I.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Wallace, R. K. Kohlbergian cosmic perspective responses, EEG coherence, and the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program. Journal of Moral Education 12(3): 166–173, 1983.

  High frontal alpha EEG coherence was associated with a more unified perspective of life, as described by Kohlberg's Stage 7, in subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program.

  • Electroencephalographic: High Frontal EEG Alpha Coherence Found among Subjects with a Unified Cosmic Perspective on Life
  • Electroencephalographic: High Homolateral Right EEG Alpha Coherence Correlated with Principled Moral Reasoning
• 1986· Education· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Nidich, S. I.; Nidich, R. J.; and Rainforth, M. School effectiveness: Achievement gains at the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment. Education 107: 49–54, 1986.

  Students at a school implementing Maharishi's Unified Field Based Integrated System of Education were found to increase significantly over one academic year on standardized tests of overall academic achievement, mathematical ability, reading ability, and work study skills.

  • Academic Performance: Increased Academic Achievement for Both Incoming and Continuing Primary School Students
• 1987· Modern Science and Vedic Science· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Nidich, S. I.; and Nidich, R. J. Holistic student development at Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment: Theory and research. Modern Science and Vedic Science 1: 433–468, 1987.

  Research conducted on students at Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Maharishi International University, and other institutions around the world has demonstrated that the Maharishi Unified Field Based Integrated System of Education dramatically accelerates academic and social development, as indicated by measures of academic achievement, intelligence, creativity, moral development, and reports from teachers and students.

  • Review Paper—Education: Review Paper—Primary and Secondary Education
• 1988· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Muehlman, J. M.; Nidich, S. I.; Reilly, B.; and Cole, C. Relationship of the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique to academic achievement. Findings presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 1988. Findings also published in Abstracts of Papers of the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, p. 6, 1988.

  This study shows that the longer secondary school students had been practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique the higher their levels of academic achievement and intelligence.

  • Academic Performance: Higher Academic Achievement and IQ in Secondary School Students as a Function of Number of Months Practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs
• 1988· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 5
  Nidich, R. J.; and Nidich, S. I. Improving the social climate of a Philippine secondary school through the practice of the Transcendental Meditation pProgram. Findings presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 1988. Findings also published in Abstracts of Papers of the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, p. 14, 1988.

  School climate was found to improve significantly in a secondary school after ten weeks of regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation program by all administrators, teachers, and students.

  • Organizational Performance and Well-Being: Increased Morale, Increased Facilitative Leadership, and Increased Influence in Decision Making concerning Classroom Instruction in Teachers Practicing the Transcendental Meditation program
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Nidich, S. I.; Abrams, A.; Jones, C.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Wallace, R. K. Neurophysiological entry characteristics: Correlation between EEG coherence and math achievement with subjects practicing the TM Program. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1981.

  EEG coherence was found to be positively correlated with mathematics grades in students practicing Transcendental Meditation. EEG coherence has previously been found to increase as a result of Transcendental Meditation and to correlate with clarity of experience of unbounded awareness. Taken together, these findings emphasize the intimate relationship between higher states of consciousness, neurophysiological integration, and intellectual performance.

  • Electroencephalographic: High Frontal EEG Alpha Coherence Correlated with Superior Performance in Mathematics
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Nidich, S. I.; and Nidich, R. The Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program and moral development. Department of Education, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1983.

  Principled moral thinking was found to be enhanced by Transcendental Meditation, and still further enhanced by the TM-Sidhi program.

  • Cognitive Performance: Enhanced Cognitive-Moral Development
  • Cognitive Performance: Benefits of Transcendental Meditation for Enhanced Cognitive-Moral Development Further Enhanced by the TM-Sidhi program
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 3
  Nidich, S. I. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on state-trait anxiety. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1982.

  The Transcendental Meditation program was found to reduce both state and trait anxiety levels. No changes were found in two control groups, one of which took a course in the Science of Creative Intelligence without learning Transcendental Meditation, while the other took a course in psychological coping strategies.

  • Psychological Health: Decreased State and Trait Anxiety
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Nidich, R.; Nidich, S. I.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Wallace, R. K. EEG coherence and the length of practice of the Transcendental Meditation Program. Departments of Education, Psychology, and Biology, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1983.

  Frontal, left, and overall EEG alpha coherence were found to be positively correlated with length of time practicing Transcendental Meditation, indicating greater orderliness and integration of brain functioning as a result of the Transcendental Meditation program.

  • Electroencephalographic: Correlation between Length of Time Practicing the Transcendental Meditation program and Higher EEG Alpha Coherence
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Nidich, S. I.; Nidich, R.; Abrams, A.; Orme-Johnson, D.; and Wallace, R. K. Frontal lobe functioning: EEG coherence as a predictor of highly pro-social behavior in subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Program. Departments of Education, Psychology, and Biology, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1982.

  Higher levels of bilateral frontal EEG coherence were found to be predictive of highly pro-social behavior in students practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. This study, taken together with earlier research showing a close relationship between high levels of frontal EEG coherence and the experience of pure consciousness during the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, indicates that this experience is a key factor in promoting more ideal social behavior.

  • Electroencephalographic: Correlation between High Frontal EEG Alpha Coherence and Highly Pro-Social Behavior
• 1989· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 4
  Nidich, R.; and Nidich, S. I. An empirical study of the moral atmosphere at Maharishi International University / University High School. Department of Education, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1983.

  A very high level of moral atmosphere was found at Maharishi International University High School. The practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique was seen to be the major contributing factor.

  • Social Behavior: Greater Moral Maturity
  • Social Behavior: High Level of Moral Atmosphere