Abstract
The objectives of this study were: (1) to ascertain if transcendental meditation influence the self concept of the mediator; (2) to obtain summarial indices of the types of people drawn to the use of transcendental meditation; and (3) to determine individual periodic reactions to the transcendental meditation process by selected subjects. The Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) was used as pretest and posttest for both experimental and control groups for objective one. In order to attain objective two, a questionnaire was given to all those who attended introductory lectures on transcendental meditation in Odessa, Texas, from August, 1973, to May, 1974. Case studies and weekly self reported anecdotal records were kept of five of the experimental subjects for a period of three months in order to achieve objective three. Analysis of data on the TSCS was accomplished by a series of groups-by-trials analyses of variance in which group membership was on the basis of treatment (control or experimental), while trial was on the basis of time of testing (pretest or posttest). The information from the questionnaire was tabulated by group and response. Contingency tables were made. Separate conclusions were drawn from each of the case studies. A summary was made from the information drawn from these studies. ...
Willis, Clara Lou Remmert (1975). Transcendental meditation and its influence on the self concept. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -182063.