Recherche sur les effets du vol yoguique sur la société, anglais

D22-Israel-QOL-with-controls-v1Amélioration de la qualité de la vie par évaluation des événements culturels, militaires et politiques

This paper reported a follow-up analysis of time series analyses des séries chronologiques findings previously published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution (1988) which had indicated that during periods in August and September 1983 when the size of a group of experts in the TM-Sidhi Programme of Yogic Flying in Israel was large, there was a significant improvement on multiple indicators of quality of life in Israel, and reduced conflict in Lebanon. The present paper is a response to questions about possible alternative hypotheses in the form of other cultural, military, and political events in Israel and Lebanon during this period. An extensive reanalysis of the original data using time series analysis procedures found that the group practice of the TM and TM-Sidhi program (Maharishi Effect) continued to be statistically significant in its positive effect on overall quality of life, controlling for all the other hypothesized events. Moreover, the Maharishi Effect had a stronger influence on the quality of life index than any of the other events (religious holidays, pullout of the Israeli army from Lebanon, weekends, the vacation month of August, hot days (days over the median of maximum daily temperature) and the period following Prime Minister Begin’s resignation).Ref.Journal of Scientific Exploration 23: 193–166, 2009