Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

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• 2019· Psychological Reports· Empirical
  Bandy, Carole L.; Dillbeck, Michael C.; Sezibera, Vincent; Taljaard, Lian; Wilks, Mirah; Shapiro, David; de Reuck, Jody; Peycke, Richard (2019). Reduction of PTSD in South African University Students Using Transcendental Meditation Practice. Psychological Reports, advance publication, 1–16.

  Nonrandomized comparison of 34 TM students and 34 comparison students at different South African universities reported decreases in PTSD symptoms and depression in the TM group.

  • Psychological Health: PTSD symptoms and depression decreased relative to comparison students; outcomes were associated with regularity of TM practice.
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• 1975· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Shapiro, J. The relationship of the Transcendental Meditation Program to self-actualization and negative personality characteristics. Doctoral thesis (summary), Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1974. Findings also published in Dissertation Abstracts International 36(1): 137A, 1975.

  A study of 180 subjects who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique showed that their initial expectations about the TM program did not influence the results of the program, which included increased self-actualization, decreased aggression, decreased neuroticism, and decreased depression.

  • Self Development: Increased Self-Actualization; Decreased Aggression; Decreased Depression; Decreased Neuroticism; Decreased Trait Anxiety
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