Effects of the transcendental meditation technique on trait anxiety: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 330-341

  Orme Johnson, David W ^a   Barnes, Vernon A ^b  

^a Georgia Prevention Center Institute of Public and Preventive Health Georgia Regents University ^*  (United States)

^b AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED THERAPY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRESS MANAGEMENT; TRAIT ANXIETY; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; MEDITATION; PROCEDURES; THERAPY;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; MEDITATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84899995719     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2013.0204     Document Type: Article

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