Gelderloos, 1987
Gelderloos, P. Psychological health and development of students at Maharishi International University: A controlled longitudinal study. Modern Science and Vedic Science 1: 471–487, 1987.
Students at a college implementing Maharishi's Unified Field Based Integrated System of Education who learned the TM-Sidhi program showed increased autonomy, creativity, spirituality, well-being, and integration.
- Year
- 1987
- Journal
- Modern Science and Vedic Science
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 5, pp. 3097–3096
- Section
- Development of Personality
Findings (12)
Psychological Health
Greater Psychological Health—Greater Unifying Ability
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
More Directedness
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Greater Well-Being
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Greater Integration
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Longitudinal Increase in Well-Being
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · TM-Sidhi
Longitudinal Increase in Integration
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · TM-Sidhi
Self Development
Greater Autonomy
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Greater Intrinsic Spirituality
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Longitudinal Increase in Autonomy
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · TM-Sidhi
Longitudinal Increase in Intrinsic Spirituality
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · TM-Sidhi
Cognitive Performance
Higher Creativity
Transcendental Meditation · Cross-sectional comparison of groups
Longitudinal Increase in Creativity
TM-Sidhi program · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls · TM-Sidhi
Authors
- Paul Gelderloos, SScD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA