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Administered the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) to 15 undergraduates 2 days before beginning a program of transcendental meditation, and to 20 nonmeditating controls. No significant differences were found between groups on any of the POI scales. 2 mo. after regular meditation sessions by experimental Ss, both groups were retested. For 6 of the 12 POI variables, there were differences between groups in the direction of predicted "self-actualization" for meditating Ss. The psychological import of these changes is discussed.
Replicated the study by W. Seeman et al (see record 1972-29165-001) of the influence of transcendental meditation on self-actualization. The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) was administered to 9 undergraduates 2 days before beginning a meditation program, and to 9 controls, and readministered 10 wks later. No significant differences were found between groups on the 1st administration. Significant differences were found on the 2nd administration; experimental Ss had higher scores on the Inner Directed and Time Competence scales (p < .01 and .05, respectively). Differences were in the predicted direction on the other POI scales. Results replicate those of the previous study.