Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Transcendental Meditation movement" in English language version.
A few studies of overall poor methodological quality were available for each comparison in the meta-analyses, most of which reported nonsignificant results. TM had no advantage over health education to improve measures of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, body weight, heart rate, stress, anger, self-efficacy, cholesterol, dietary intake, and level of physical activity in hypertensive patients
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)...[S]he handed me a laminated ID card. The photo showed me wide-eyed and smiling beneath my new title: CITIZEN OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. ... "You can go to the dome for special events, but only sidhas meditate there. You'll be meditating with other citizens.
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For the first time in my travels through New Age America, I worried that I was observing a cult rather than a culture.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Transcendental Meditation (TM), a concentrative technique . . . has been the most extensively studied meditation technique.
By my latest count, there have been 340 per-reviewed articles published on TM, many of which have appeared in highly respected journals.
One possible suggestion is that religion demands exclusive allegiance: this would ipso facto exclude Scientology, TM and the Soka Gakkai simply on the grounds that they claim compatibility with whatever other religion the practitioner has been following. For example, TM is simply – as they state – a technique. Although it enables one to cope with life, it offers no goal beyond human existence (such as moksha), nor does it offer rites or passage or an ethic. Unlike certain other Hindu-derived movements, TM does not prescribe a dharma to its followers – that is to say a set of spiritual obligations deriving from one's essential nature.
The small number of studies included in this review do not permit any conclusions to be drawn on the effectiveness of meditation therapy for anxiety disorders. Transcendental meditation is comparable with other kinds of relaxation therapies in reducing anxiety
As a result of the limited number of included studies, the small sample sizes and the high risk of bias
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)There is at present insufficient good-quality evidence to conclude whether or not TM has a cumulative positive effect on blood pressure.
The claim that TM has a specific and cumulative effect on cognitive function is not supported by the evidence from randomized controlled trials.
So, it seems that the three categories we identified for the sake of comparison, TM, mindfulness meditation, and the heterogeneous category we termed other meditation techniques, do not differ in their overall effects...A thorough comparison of the three kinds of meditation was difficult, due in part to the small number of studies that used a given category of dependent measure...Comparatively strong effects for TM...were found in reducing negative emotions, trait anxiety, and neuroticism and being helpful in learning and memory and in self-realization...For mindfulness meditation, such comparatively strong effects were identified in reducing negative personality traits, reducing stress, and improving attention and mindfulness...(other meditation techniques) yielded a comparatively large effect in the category of cognition...TM yielded noticeably larger effects than mindfulness meditation for the categories negative emotions, neuroticism, trait anxiety, learning and memory, and self-realization. The opposite results were found for negative personality traits and self-concept, where the effects of mindfulness meditation were larger...For most of the specific categories that could be analyzed, we found quite a variation in effects. These results indicate that different approaches to meditation might have differential effects. To date, it is difficult, however, to deduce any consistent differences therefrom
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The small number of studies included in this review do not permit any conclusions to be drawn on the effectiveness of meditation therapy for anxiety disorders. Transcendental meditation is comparable with other kinds of relaxation therapies in reducing anxiety
Scientific research on meditation practices does not appear to have a common theoretical perspective and is characterized by poor methodological quality. Firm conclusions on the effects of meditation practices in healthcare cannot be drawn based on the available evidence.
As a result of the limited number of included studies, the small sample sizes and the high risk of bias
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)A few studies of overall poor methodological quality were available for each comparison in the meta-analyses, most of which reported nonsignificant results. TM had no advantage over health education to improve measures of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, body weight, heart rate, stress, anger, self-efficacy, cholesterol, dietary intake, and level of physical activity in hypertensive patients
There is at present insufficient good-quality evidence to conclude whether or not TM has a cumulative positive effect on blood pressure.
The claim that TM has a specific and cumulative effect on cognitive function is not supported by the evidence from randomized controlled trials.
So, it seems that the three categories we identified for the sake of comparison, TM, mindfulness meditation, and the heterogeneous category we termed other meditation techniques, do not differ in their overall effects...A thorough comparison of the three kinds of meditation was difficult, due in part to the small number of studies that used a given category of dependent measure...Comparatively strong effects for TM...were found in reducing negative emotions, trait anxiety, and neuroticism and being helpful in learning and memory and in self-realization...For mindfulness meditation, such comparatively strong effects were identified in reducing negative personality traits, reducing stress, and improving attention and mindfulness...(other meditation techniques) yielded a comparatively large effect in the category of cognition...TM yielded noticeably larger effects than mindfulness meditation for the categories negative emotions, neuroticism, trait anxiety, learning and memory, and self-realization. The opposite results were found for negative personality traits and self-concept, where the effects of mindfulness meditation were larger...For most of the specific categories that could be analyzed, we found quite a variation in effects. These results indicate that different approaches to meditation might have differential effects. To date, it is difficult, however, to deduce any consistent differences therefrom
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Scientific research on meditation practices does not appear to have a common theoretical perspective and is characterized by poor methodological quality. Firm conclusions on the effects of meditation practices in healthcare cannot be drawn based on the available evidence.
As a result of the limited number of included studies, the small sample sizes and the high risk of bias
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)A few studies of overall poor methodological quality were available for each comparison in the meta-analyses, most of which reported nonsignificant results. TM had no advantage over health education to improve measures of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, body weight, heart rate, stress, anger, self-efficacy, cholesterol, dietary intake, and level of physical activity in hypertensive patients
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)There is at present insufficient good-quality evidence to conclude whether or not TM has a cumulative positive effect on blood pressure.
The claim that TM has a specific and cumulative effect on cognitive function is not supported by the evidence from randomized controlled trials.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)A few studies of overall poor methodological quality were available for each comparison in the meta-analyses, most of which reported nonsignificant results. TM had no advantage over health education to improve measures of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, body weight, heart rate, stress, anger, self-efficacy, cholesterol, dietary intake, and level of physical activity in hypertensive patients