Productivity and Quality of Life

TITLE: Relationship between participation in Transcendental Meditation and the functionality of marriage.

Findings: Improved marital functionality (overall positive couple agreement, marital satisfaction, personality issues, communication, marital cohesion and marital adaptability.)

BROOME, V. J. Relationship between participation in Transcendental Meditation and the functionality of marriage. Masters thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1989.
Recent Research 476.

TITLE: Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Programme on stress reduction, health, and employee development: A prospective study in two occupational settings.

Findings: Reduced anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, cigarette and hard liquor use. Improved health, employee effectiveness, job satisfaction, and job relationships.

ALEXANDER, C. N.; SWANSON, G. C.; RAINFORTH, M. V.; CARLISLE, T. W.; TODD, C. C.; and OATES, R. M. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Programme on stress reduction, health, and employee development: A prospective study in two occupational settings. Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal 6: 245-262, 1993.
Recent Research 475.

TITLE: Developing the full potential of police officers: Maharishi's integrated system of rehabilitation in the Brazilian military police forces.

Findings: Improved health, decreased disciplinary problems and an improved public image.

ANKLESARIA, F., and KING, M. S. Developing the full potential of police officers: Maharishi's integrated system of rehabilitation in the Brazilian military police forces. In Scientific Research on Maharishi's Integrated System of Rehabilitation, eds. F. Anklesaria and M. S. King. Fairfield IA: MIU Press, 1993.
Recent Research 474.

TITLE: Implementation of the Transcendental Meditation Programme for Brazilian army officers and cadets.

Findings: Increased capacity of attention. Improved memory of details. Increased ability to carry out orders. Increased physical strength. Reduced baseline heart rate.

Implementation of the Transcendental Meditation Programme for Brazilian army officers and cadets. Official Report No. 271-A/2/DEP, National Academy of Officers, Ministry of the Army, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 29 December 1991.
Recent Research 473.

TITLE: The Transcendental Meditation Programme and business: a prospective study.

Findings: Increased productivity and performance in business:

Increased efficiency and productivity.
Improved work and personal relationships.
Reduced anxiety.
Reduced job worry and tension.
Improved job satisfaction.
Improved general health.
Enhanced sleep and reduced fatigue.
Reduced cigarette and liquor consumption.
Increased physiological stability during task performance.

ALEXANDER, C. N.; SWANSON, G. C.; RAINFORTH, M. V.; CARLISLE, T. W.; and TODD, C. C. The Transcendental Meditation Programme and business: a prospective study. Paper presented at the 101st Annual Session of the Iowa Academy of Science, Storm Lake, Iowa, April 1989. Refer also to abstract insert in The Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 96: A32, 1989.
Collected Papers v5.399.

TITLE: The influence of the Transcendental Meditation Programme on the marital dyad.

Findings: Benefits for married couples:

Decreased nervousness (increased composure and relaxation).
Increased sociability, energy, and enthusiasm.
Increased ability for spontaneous expression of warmth and affection.
Increased ability to be sympathetic, compassionate, and understanding.
Increased ability to be objective, fair-minded, and reasonable.
Increased tolerance and acceptance of others.
Increased self-discipline.
Decreased impulsiveness (increased emotional maturity).
Decreased proneness toward anxiety.

MARCUS, S. V. The influence of the Transcendental Meditation Programme on the marital dyad. Doctoral dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno, California, U.S.A. Dissertation Abstracts International 38(8): 3895-B, 1977.
Collected Papers v4.316.

TITLE: Transcendental Meditation Programme and marital adjustment.

Findings: Greater marital satisfaction: greater marital adjustment.

ARON, E. N., and ARON, A. Transcendental Meditation Programme and marital adjustment. Psychological Reports 51: 887-890, 1982.
Collected Papers v4.315.

TITLE: The effect of state-wide implementation of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field in the Vermont Department of Corrections.

Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:

Decreased sleep disturbance (decreased awakenings per night, decreased time to sleep onset, improved quality of sleep).
Decreased paranoid anxiety.
Increased internality of locus of control.
Decreased hostility.
Greater control of anger.

Benefits for correctional staff:
- Decreased sleep disturbance.
- Decreased hostility.
- Decreased paranoid anxiety.

GORE, S. W.; ABRAMS, A.; and ELLIS, G. The effect of state-wide implementation of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field in the Vermont Department of Corrections. Institute for Social Rehabilitation, Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A., 1984.
Collected Papers v4.314.

TITLE: The relationship of the practice of Transcendental Meditation to subjective evaluations of marital satisfaction and adjustment.

Findings: Greater marital satisfaction:

Greater adjustment.
Greater happiness and harmony.
Greater intimacy.
Greater acceptance of one's spouse.
Greater admiration of one's spouse.
Greater agreement on conduct and recreation.

SUAREZ, V. W. The relationship of the practice of Transcendental Meditation to subjective evaluations of marital satisfaction and adjustment. Unpublished master's thesis (abbr.), School of Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 1976.
Collected Papers v2.165.

TITLE: Organisational development through the Transcendental Meditation program: A study of relationships between the Transcendental Meditation Programme and certain efficiency criteria.

Findings: Fulfilment of goals of organisational development:

Ability to accomplish more with less effort.
Greater alertness, attentiveness, and initiative.
Greater self-confidence.
Greater decision making ability.
Greater ability to assign priorities.
Greater ease in making contacts with other people.
Greater ability to cooperate with others and greater respect for the views of others.
Greater tolerance.
Less easily irritated.
Less often angry.
Less tendency to worry about other people's opinions.
Less often tired.

JONSSON, C. Organisational development through the Transcendental Meditation program: A study of relationships between the Transcendental Meditation Programme and certain efficiency criteria. Unpublished master's thesis (abbr.), Department of Business Administration, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, 1975.
Collected Papers v2.164.

TITLE: Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Programme on work attitudes and behaviour.

Findings: Improved work performance. Increased work satisfaction. Improved relations with co-workers. Improved relations with supervisors.

FRIEND, K. E. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Programme on work attitudes and behaviour. Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 1975.
Collected Papers v1.97.

TITLE: Transcendental Meditation and productivity.

Findings: Increased productivity: improved work performance. Increased work satisfaction. Improved relations with co-workers. Improved relations with supervisors. Decreased turnover propensity. Decreased self-report climb orientation/increased climb orientation as reported by co-workers and supervisors.

FREW, D. R. Transcendental Meditation and productivity. Academy of Management Journal 17: 362-368, 1974. A version of this study and a second study replicating the results can be found in David R. Frew, Management of Stress: Using TM at Work. Chicago: Nelson-Hall Press, 1977.
Collected Papers v1.96.