Abrams & Siegel, 1978
Abrams, A. I.; and Siegel, L. M. The Transcendental Meditation Program and rehabilitation at Folsom State Prison: A cross-validation study. Criminal Justice and Behavior 5(1): 3–20, 1978.
In a cross-validation study performed in a maximum security prison, prisoners who learned the Transcendental Meditation program showed reductions in anxiety, neuroticism, hostility, and insomnia, and committed fewer behavioral infractions than controls.
- Year
- 1978
- Journal
- Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 3, pp. 2093–2103
- Section
- Rehabilitation
Findings (11)
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Decreased State and Trait Anxiety among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Neuroticism among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Negativism among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Suspicion among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Assault among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Irritability among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Resentment among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Verbal Hostility among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Time to Fall Asleep among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Decreased Awakenings per Night among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Improved Quality of Sleep among Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Authors
- Allan I. Abrams, PhD
Far West Laboratory, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Larry M. Siegel, MSW MPH
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA