Warming U.S.-Soviet relations during the Cold War as measured by U.S. presidential statements: Impact of the group practice of the Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program
Gelderloos, Paul; Cavanaugh, Kenneth L.; Frid, Martin J.; Xue, Xiaoping (2019). Warming U.S.-Soviet relations during the Cold War as measured by U.S. presidential statements: Impact of the group practice of the Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi program. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 9, 93–134.
Also: Related to U.S.-Soviet records 409, 497, 498 and 648; separate publication, not necessarily an independent replication.
Retrospective analysis of 478 presidential statements from 1984–1987 reported more positive U.S.-Soviet language around weeks with larger TM-Sidhi groups. Historical observational associations do not independently establish causation.
- Year
- 2019
- Journal
- Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Section
- Sociological Changes
Findings (1)
Sociological—Reduced Violent Conflict
Larger TM-Sidhi groups were associated with more positive presidential statements about the Soviet Union at reported weekly lags.
TM-Sidhi program · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect