Assimakis & Dillbeck, 1995
Assimakis, P. D., and Dillbeck, M. C. Time series analysis of improved quality of life in Canada: Social change, collective consciousness, and the TM-Sidhi program. Psychological Reports 76: 1171–1193, 1995.
The two studies reported in this paper found improved quality of national life in Canada during periods when the size of a group of participants in the Transcendental Meditation Sidhi program in the USA exceeded the square root of one per cent of the combined national populations of the USA and Canada. The first study found significant improvement in a weekly index measured by the sum of motor vehicle fatalities, homicides, and suicides; the second study documented significant improvement in a monthly index that combined the variables of motor vehicle fatalities, homicide, suicide, cigarette consumption, and work days lost in strikes.
- Year
- 1995
- Journal
- Psychological Reports
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 6, pp. 4101–4113
- Section
- Productivity and Quality of Life
Findings (2)
Sociological—Improved Quality of Life
Improvements on a Weekly Index Including Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Homicide, and Suicide (Canada, 1983–1985)
TM-Sidhi program · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect
Improvements on a Monthly Index Including Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Homicide, Suicide, Cigarette Consumption, and Worker-Days Lost in Strikes (Canada, 1972–1986)
TM-Sidhi program · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect
Authors
- Michael C. Dillbeck, PhD
Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA
- Panayotis D. Assimakis, PhD
University of Crete, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece