Effects of the Four Categories of Meditation On PTSD in all Groups, the Military, and Civilians (IMAGE)

Maharishi International University

Effects of the Four Categories of Meditation On PTSD in all Groups, the Military, and Civilians

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This meta-analysis shows the mean effect sizes in Hedges’s g units with 95% confidence intervals organized by the four types of meditations: MBO, MBSR, OM, and TM. Gold bars indicate the results for all 61 studies, Orange for U.S. Military veterans, Green for Civilian populations. The mean effect sizes are shown in white font at the bottom of each bar. All mean effects were highly statistically significant. The mean effects of MBO, MBSR, and OM were generally in the moderate effect range and did not differ significantly from each other at the p = .05 level. TM, on the other hand, had large mean effects of over 1.0 g for both military and civilian groups. These were significantly larger than for each of the other meditation categories. 

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Maharishi International University

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