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Ballou, 1977

Ballou, D. The Transcendental Meditation Program at Stillwater Prison. Graduate Department of Social Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 1973.

Prisoners practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique exhibited reduced anxiety, a reduced number of prison rule infractions, increased participation in recreational and educational activities, and a low number of parole violations.

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Year
1977
Publication type
Collected Papers
Paper type
Empirical
Collected Papers
Vol. 1, pp. 569–576
Section
Rehabilitation

Findings (5)

Rehabilitation of Offenders

  • Decreased State and Trait Anxiety of Prisoners

    Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with randomized and nonrandomized controls

  • Decreased Prison Rule Infractions

    Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with randomized and nonrandomized controls

  • Increased Participation in Recreational and Educational Activities of Prisoners

    Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with randomized and nonrandomized controls

  • Decreased Drug Abuse of Prisoners

    Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with randomized and nonrandomized controls

  • Fewer Parole Violations of Prisoners

    Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with randomized and nonrandomized controls

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