Meditation and Emotional Intelligence: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 96
- 主要终点
- Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i)
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of the Transcendental Meditation program on emotional intelligence and perceived stress in supervisors and administrative staff in a public school system
详细描述
The objective of this study was to determine whether a mind-body technique, known as the practice of Transcendental Meditation® (TM), could significantly increase emotional intelligence and decrease perceived stress in supervisors and administrative staff in a public school system. For this purpose, 96 participants from the administrative offices of the San Francisco Unified School District were randomly assigned to either immediate start of the TM program or to a delayed start wait-list control group. Subjects learning TM were instructed to meditate for 20 minutes twice a day for the four month duration of the project. All subjects were administered the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) at baseline and posttest. If successful, these findings would suggest that TM could be used as a professional development program in organizations to increase emotional intelligence and decrease perceived stress, in turn enhancing leadership capacity and organizational effectiveness.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
data collectors and investigators were blind to treatment status of the subject
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years or older,
- •an employee of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD),
- •attendance at an informational meeting on the TM program,
- •willingness to be randomly assigned to either active treatment or the control group.
排除标准
- •having already learned the TM program,
- •not being available to attend treatment or testing sessions.
研究组 & 干预措施
Transcendental Meditation
The TM technique is a simple, natural, effortless technique that allows the mind to experience finer levels of the thinking process until the mind transcends and experiences the source of thought, a state of deep, integrated relaxation. During the meditation session, the active mind settles down to a silent yet fully awake state of awareness. TM was taught to study participants by certified instructors, using standardized procedures for teaching.
干预措施: Transcendental meditation (Behavioral)
Wait list control
This wait list group served as the control group. After the study was completed, the wait-list controls were given the option to learn the TM technique as their reward for participating as controls during the 4 month study.
结局指标
主要结局
Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i)
时间窗: Change from baseline EQ-i at four months
The EQ-i is a self-report instrument that measures a range of non-cognitive capabilities, competencies, and skills that influence one's ability to succeed in coping with environmental demands and pressures.
次要结局
- Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)(Change from baseline PSS at four months)
研究者
Sanford Nidich
Associate Director
Maharishi University of Management Research Institute