EFFECTS OF MEDITATION ON PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES OF ANXIETY

Randomly assigned 80 undergraduates to 4 treatment groups: mantra meditation, an antimeditation control, a progressive-relaxation control, or a no-treatment control. After training and 2 wks of practice at home, Ss were brought in for an outcome session consisting of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, as well as GSR and heart-rate measures of autonomic responding at rest, after practicing meditation in the laboratory and after a stress manipulation. There was no evidence from any of the measures that meditation reduced anxiety beyond that shown in the 3 control conditions. (8 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1979 American Psychological Association.