Kniffki, 1979
Kniffki, C. Transcendental Meditation and autogenic training: A comparison. Transzendentale Meditation und Autogenes Training—Ein Vergleich in the series ‘Geist und Psyche’. Munich: Kindler Verlag, 1979.
The practice of Transcendental Meditation was found to result in cumulative benefits for psychological health. By comparison, the effects of Autogenic Training were, in general, less substantial and not sustained.
- Year
- 1979
- Journal
- Geist und Psyche
- Publication type
- Book
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 3, pp. 2049–2053
- Section
- Development of Personality
Findings (4)
Psychological Health
Decreased Nervousness
Transcendental Meditation · Randomized controlled trial
Decreased Depression
Transcendental Meditation · Randomized controlled trial
Decreased Emotional Instability
Transcendental Meditation · Randomized controlled trial
Decreased Anxiety
Transcendental Meditation · Randomized controlled trial
Authors
- Christa Kniffki, Dipl-Psych
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany