The Effects of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field
Reply to a Methodological Critique
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6285299 |
|---|---|
| Autores | David W Orme-Johnson, David W Orme‐johnson (0000-0001-6898-5131), Charles N Alexander, John L Davies (Maharishi International University, University of Maryland) |
| Año | 1990 |
| Volumen | 34 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 756-768 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1990-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002790034004009 |
| OpenAlex | W2040222941 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 3 |
| Referencias citadas | 8 |
This article replies to a methodological criticism of Orme-Johnson et al., (1988). The original study reported that participants in the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and TM-Sidhi program located in Jerusalem significantly reduced tension in “collective consciousness” and behavior as measured by decreased conflict in Lebanon and improvement on several social indicators in Israel. Specification of the independent variable on the basis of political boundaries rather than geographical distance alone was shown to be consistent with both theory and forty other studies. It is explained how “reverse causation” cannot account for observed effects. Also, reanalyses show that the results are robust across fourteen alternative transfer function models. Using a purely objective criterion for model selection, the Akaike Information Criterion, the optimal model yields the most significant result ( t=5, p <.0001). Liu's linear transfer function approach yields similar results. Other robustness checks (substituting “pseudo” independent or dependent variables) do not yield spurious results
Akaike information criterion · Criticism · Econometrics · Mathematical analysis · Meditation · Nomological network · Political science · Rebuttal · Robustness (evolution · Spurious relationship · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Theology · Transcendental meditation · Transcendental number · Community Health and Development · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
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| Citas por año | 0,3 |
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| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
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