Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

1 paper found

• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Schilling, P. B. The effect of the regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique on behavior and personality. Department of Clinical Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, USA, 1974.

  Subjects practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique reduced their total drug use, which included marijuana, hashish, and alcohol; and they became warmer in their interpersonal relationships, more helpful, sympathetic, and protective, more assertive, influential, and powerful, more adventurous, more easy-going, and more tactful.

  • Social Behavior: Increased Affiliation (Increased Neighborliness, Warmth, Good-Naturedness, Cooperativeness, Friendliness, and Loyalty)
  • Social Behavior: Increased Nurturance (More Sympathetic, Helpful, Caring, Protective, Comforting, and Supportive)
  • Social Behavior: Improved Leadership Ability
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