Field-effects of consciousness: A seventeen-year study of the effects of group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs on U.S. national stress
Orme-Johnson, David W.; Cavanaugh, Kenneth L.; Dillbeck, Michael C.; Goodman, Rachel S. (2022). Field-effects of consciousness: A seventeen-year study of the effects of group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs on reducing U.S. stress. World Journal of Social Science, 9(2).
Seventeen-year time-series study of eight U.S. national stress indicators in relation to the size of the group practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs.
- Year
- 2022
- Journal
- World Journal of Social Science
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Section
- Sociological Changes
Findings (1)
Sociological—Reduced Crime
Eight U.S. national stress indicators—including crime, infant mortality, drug-related deaths and fatal accidents—improved while the TM and TM-Sidhi group exceeded the required threshold and worsened when the group shrank (p's < .0001).
Group practice of the TM and TM-Sidhi programs · Time Series Analysis · TM-Sidhi · Maharishi Effect