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- Title
THE EFFECT OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION TECHNIQUE ON ANXIETY LEVEL.
- Authors
Dillbeck, Michael C.
- Abstract
Two weeks of twice-daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique was compared with 2 weeks of twice-daily practice of passive relaxation as a means of reduction of anxiety as measured by the Trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Thirty-three graduate and undergraduate students were assigned randomly to a relaxation group and a TM group. After a 2-week experimental interval, the relaxation Ss began TM. As hypothesized, in the comparison between the relaxation and meditation Ss, as well as between conditions of the relaxation-meditation group, TM was significantly more effective in reducing anxiety level. Thus, the anxiety-reducing effect of the practice of TM cannot be attributed merely to sitting quietly twice daily, although additional research must determine the extent to which S expectations for change contributed to this effect.
- Subjects
TRANSCENDENTAL Meditation; ANXIETY treatment; RELAXATION therapy; THERAPEUTIC use of meditation
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1977, Vol 33, Issue 4, p1076
- ISSN
0021-9762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<1076::AID-JCLP2270330435>3.0.CO;2-B