title: Meditation and college students' self-actualization and rated stress.
abstract: This paper concerns the efficacy of meditation and relaxation in promoting self-actualization and changes in self-reported stress among 62 college students. Two groups were given mantra meditation and a yogic relaxation technique referred to as Shavasana. Pre- and posttest measures were taken on the Personal Orientation Inventory and the Behavioral Relaxation Scale. Both groups showed significant increases in scores on self-actualization; however, no differences were found between groups. Meditation training was associated with larger gains in scores on measures of systematic relaxed behavior than of the relaxation training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Janowiak
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hackman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities