Landrith & Dillbeck, 1989
Landrith III, G. S.; and Dillbeck, M. C. The growth of coherence in society through the Maharishi Effect: Reduced rates of suicides and auto accidents. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 1983.
Both suicide and road traffic accident rates decreased in cities after one percent of their population had started practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique.
- Year
- 1989
- Publication type
- Collected Papers
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 4, pp. 2479–2486
- Section
- Quality of Life
Findings (2)
Sociological—Reduced Accidents
Decreased Automobile Accident Rate (Cities, USA, 1973–1977)
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · Maharishi Effect
Sociological—Improved Quality of Life
Decreased Suicide Rate (Cities, USA, 1973–1977)
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · Maharishi Effect
Authors
- Garland S. Landrith, MA
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Michael C. Dillbeck, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA