--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], johnlasher20002000 > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > > What I'm interested in is an *accurate* view of the > > > > > > studies. Your initial claim, that most of them were > > > > > > published in TMO journals, was simply not accurate. > > > > > > > > > > Is there ONE peer reviewed study in an independent journal > that > > > > > verifies the Maharishi effect. If so please cite it. > > > > > > > > Here's a bunch of cites; I do *not* know whether > > > > these are peer-reviewed journals (except for Social > > > > Indicators Research, which is). But they're obviously > > > > not TMO journals. > > > > > > > > > > I believe they're all peer-reviewed journals,but most of those > > > are not actually studies. > > > > Gee, it looks to me from the titles as though most > > of them are studies. How are you defining "study"? > > > > Heh. A 1 page thingie isn't a study, nor is a review of research. > The only 2 studies published in peer reviewed journal that I am > aware of are the DC study and the Lebanon study. Naught else.
>From their titles, only a few of them appear me to be possibly research reviews. And there are only 2 really short articles, 1 and 3 pages. There's one that's 9 pages, but the rest are from 19 pages to 53 pages. Did you actually look at the list? > > > > Assimakis, P. D., & Dillbeck, M. C. (1995). Time series > analysis > > of > > > > improved quality of life in Canada: Social change, collective > > > > consciousness, and the TM-Sidhi program. Psychological Reports, > > 76, > > > > 11711193. > > > > > > > > Davies, J. L., & Alexander, C. N. (2005). Alleviating political > > > > violence through reducing collective tension: Impact assessment > > > > analyses of the Lebanon war. Journal of Social Behavior and > > > > Personality 17(1): 285338. > > > > > > > > Davies, J. L., Alexander, C. N., & Orme-Johnson, D. W. (1988). > > > > Alleviating political violence through enhancing coherence in > > > > collective consciousness: Impact assessment analyses of the > > Lebanon > > > > war. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science, 95(1), 1. > > > > > > > > Dillbeck, M. C. (1990). Test of a field theory of consciousness > > and > > > > social change: Time series analysis of participation in the TM- > > > Sidhi > > > > program and reduction of violent death in the U.S. Social > > > Indicators > > > > Research, 22, 399418. > > > > > > > > Dillbeck, M. C., Banus, C. B., Polanzi, C., & Landrith III, G. > S. > > > > (1988). Test of a field model of consciousness and social > change: > > > The > > > > Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and decreased > > urban > > > > crime. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 9(4), 457486. > > > > > > > > Dillbeck, M. C., Cavanaugh, K. L., Glenn, T., Orme-Johnson, D. > > W., > > > & > > > > Mittlefehldt, V. (1987). Consciousness as a field: The > > > Transcendental > > > > Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and changes in social > indicators. > > > > Journal of Mind and Behavior, 8(1), 67104. > > > > > > > > Dillbeck, M. C., Landrith, G. III, & Orme-Johnson, D. W. > (1981). > > > The > > > > Transcendental Meditation program and crime rate change in a > > sample > > > > of forty-eight cities. Journal of Crime and Justice, 4, 25 45. > > > > > > > > Hatchard, G. D., Deans, A. J., Cavanaugh, K. L., & Orme- > Johnson, > > D. > > > > W. (1996). The Maharishi Effect: A model for social > improvement. > > > Time > > > > series analysis of a phase transition to reduced crime in > > > Merseyside > > > > metropolitan area. Psychology, Crime & Law, 2(3), 165174. > > > > > > > > Orme-Johnson, D. W., Dillbeck, M. C., & Alexander, C. N. > (2003). > > > > Preventing terrorism and international conflict: Effects of > large > > > > assemblies of participants in the Transcendental Meditation and > > TM- > > > > Sidhi programs. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 36 (1-4), > 283 > > > 302. > > > > > > > > Rosenthal, R., & Rubin, D. B. (1982). A simple, general purpose > > > > display of magnitude of experimental effect. Journal of > > Educational > > > > Psychology, 74, 166169. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
