Patients seeking treatment for traumatic stress who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed significantly decreased anxiety in comparison to those receiving psychotherapy.(p<.005)Ref.Journal of Counseling and Development 64: 212-215, 1985

A study conducted at Sumitomo Heavy Industries by the Japanese National Institute of Industrial Health found decreased anxiety in workers who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme, in comparison to control workers.Ref.Japanese Journal of Industrial Health 32: 656, 1990

A study of executives and workers in the automotive industry found that after three months of regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation Programme, participants showed increased physiological calmness, as assessed both during rest and during task performance, in comparison to controls from the same work sites.Ref.Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal  6: 245–262, 1993

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme were found to have decreased resentment in comparison to controls.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

A statistical meta-analysis of 146 independent study results found that the Transcendental Meditation Programme is significantly more effective in reducing trait anxiety than procedures of concentration or contemplation, or other techniques.Ref.Journal of Clinical Psychology 45: 957–974, 1989

Patients seeking treatment for traumatic stress who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed significantly decreased anxiety in comparison to those receiving psychotherapy.Ref.Journal of Counseling and Development 64: 212-215, 1985

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed a decreased level of trait (general) anxiety in comparison to controls.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Young people referred to juvenile court for a legal offense showed a significant decrease in anxiety level after learning the Transcendental Meditation Programme.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 34(8): 4732A, 1974

Employees at a high-security government agency who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed decreased anxiety, in comparison to control employees who participated in an educational stress-management programme.Ref.Stress and Coping: An International Journal 10: 341–350, 1997

Government employees who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme were measured again after three years, and were found to display a long-lasting decrease in anxiety, in comparison to control employees who had participated in an educational stress-management programme.Ref.Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal 10: 341–350, 1997

A study of executives and workers in the automotive industry found that after three months of regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation Programme, participants showed decreased job tension, in comparison to controls from the same work sites.

Reference: Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal  6: 245–262, 1993.

School students with a current diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who learned the Transcendental Meditation Technique displayed after three months reduced stress, anxiety, and ADHD symptoms, as rated both by teachers and by themselves. The p-value on the chart indicates improvement as determined by a multivariate test for the following subscales: anxious/depresses, withdrawn/depressed, affective problems, anxiety problems, attention problems, ADHD problems, and total problems; the bars on the chart indicate change on the total problems subscale.Ref.Current Issues in Education 10(2), 2008. [Online]