Tillväxt i självförverkligande: Transcendental Meditation jämfört med andra meditationstekniker

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En jämförande analys av 42 studier visade effekten av olika meditationstekniker vad gäller självförverkligande. Här framkom att den genomsnittliga effekten av 19 TM-studier var 3 till 4 gånger starkare än någon annan meditationsteknik som man hittills forskat på.

Increased Self-Development among university students

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Increased Self-Development (kommer att översättas till svenska inom kort)

University students who were practising the Transcendental Meditation and TM Sidhi Programme increased significantly on self-development (ego development) when measured after graduation, in contrast to control students at three other universities who were not participating in this programme.Ref.Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 17: 93–121, 2005

Increased Strength of Self-Concept

E22-Incr-Strength-Self-ConcAfter one month of practice of the Transcendental Meditation Programme, individuals developed a more strongly defined sense of self-concept, in comparison to matched controls. They also reported that their ‘actual’ self was closer to their ‘ideal’ self.Ref.British Journal of Psychology 73: 57–68, 1982

Personal development in prison inmates

R18-Incr-Self-Devel-v1Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme displayed increased self-development (ego development) in comparison to controls.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 127–160, 2003

Increased self-actualisation and personal development

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University students who learned the TM-Sidhi Programme, in comparison to control students from another university, increased significantly on three measures of personal development and psychological health—increased creativity, increased autonomy, and increased intrinsic spirituality. The TM-Sidhi Programme participants also improved significantly on an overall measure of well-being and a measure of psychological integration in comparison to the control students.Ref. Modern Science and Vedic Science 1: 471–487, 1987