Alexander et al., 1993
Alexander, C. N.; Swanson, G. C.; Rainforth, M. V.; Carlisle, T. W.; Todd, C. C.; and Oates, R. M. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on stress reduction, health, and employee development: a prospective study in two occupational settings. Anxiety, Stress and Coping 6: 245–262, 1993.
This research study found that executives and employees who learned and regularly practiced the Transcendental Meditation program, in contrast to other employees from the same worksites, showed increased employee effectiveness, increased job satisfaction, improved personal and work relationships, reduced job worry and tension, reduced trait anxiety, decreased insomnia and decreased fatigue, reduced cigarette and hard liquor use, improved health, and greater calm (lower skin conductance) during task performance. The group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation program also showed, in contrast to the controls, improvement on three components found to underlie each of these measures—increased occupational coherence, increased physiological settledness, and increased satisfaction with professional and personal life.
- Year
- 1993
- Journal
- Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 6, pp. 4056–4066
- Section
- Productivity and Quality of Life
Findings (10)
Organizational Performance and Well-Being
Increased Employee Effectiveness
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Increased Job Satisfaction
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Improved Personal and Work Relationships among Employees
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Reduced Job Worry and Tension among Employees
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Improvement on Common Factors Underlying All Employee Measures (Occupational Coherence, Physiological Settledness, Satisfaction with Professional and Personal Life)
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Psychological Health
Reduced Trait Anxiety among Employees
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Health—General
Decreased Insomnia and Decreased Fatigue among Employees
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Improved Health among Employees
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Health Promoting Behavior
Reduced Cigarette and Hard Liquor Use among Employees
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Response to Stress
Greater Calm (Lower Skin Conductance) During Task Performance
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Authors
- Charles N. Alexander, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Gerald C. Swanson, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Maxwell V. Rainforth, MS MA
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Thomas W. Carlisle, MS
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Christopher C. Todd, MBA
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Robert M. Oates, MA
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA