Cunningham & Koch, 1977
Cunningham, M.; and Koch, W. The Transcendental Meditation Program and rehabilitation: A pilot project at the Federal Correctional Institution at Lompoc, California. International Meditation Society, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1973.
Prisoners practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique showed a reduction in anxiety and an increase in positive behavior. This finding points to the usefulness of the Transcendental Meditation program in the field of rehabilitation.
- Year
- 1977
- Publication type
- Collected Papers
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Collected Papers
- Vol. 1, pp. 562–568
- Section
- Rehabilitation
Findings (2)
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Decreased State and Trait Anxiety of Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Development of Personality of Prisoners
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Authors
- Monte Cunningham, BA
Federal Correctional Institute, Lompoc, CA, USA
- Walter Koch, MS
Federal Correctional Institute, Lompoc, CA, USA