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The TM‐Sidhi programme, age, and brief tests of perceptual‐motor speed and nonverbal intelligence
Author(s) -
Jedrczak Andrew,
Toomey Michael,
Clements Geoffrey
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198601)42:1<161::aid-jclp2270420127>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - transcendental meditation , psychology , nonverbal communication , perception , rating scale , meditation , test (biology) , developmental psychology , audiology , medicine , paleontology , philosophy , theology , neuroscience , biology
Three brief tests that assess perceptual‐motor speed and two that assess nonverbal intelligence were administered to individuals who were practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM‐Sidhi programme. Multiple regression analyses showed that when motivation (measured on a 5‐point self‐rating scale), age, sex, education, and duration of practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique were held constant, number of months of practice of the TM‐Sidhi programme significantly predicted higher performance on two of the perceptual‐motor speed tests and both tests of intelligence. Age predicted lower scores on the same tests.