Transcendental Meditation for Women Affected by Domestic Violence: A Pilot Randomised, Controlled Trial

Matthew J. Leach; Heather Lorenzon

doi:10.1007/s10896-023-00561-3

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Transcendental Meditation for Women Affected by Domestic Violence: A Pilot Randomised, Controlled Trial

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Transcendental Meditation for Women Affected by Domestic Violence: A Pilot Randomised, Controlled Trial

Matthew J. Leach and Heather Lorenzon

Journal of family violence, Vol.39(8), pp.1437-1446

01/11/2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00561-3

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Family Studies

Psychology

Psychology, Clinical

Social Sciences

Anxiety

Depression

Domestic violence

Family violence

Meditation

Quality of Life

Purpose Domestic and family violence is a major public health issue impacting one in three women worldwide. The implications of such violence are considerable. Transcendental Meditation® (TM) represents a promising treatment option for women impacted by domestic violence given its demonstrable effects on mental and trauma-related symptoms. This study set out to compare the effectiveness of TM to group support, on quality of life, perceived stress and mood in female survivors of domestic violence. Methods This 16-week pilot randomised controlled trial recruited women from metropolitan Adelaide, who survived any type of domestic violence in their lifetime. Outcomes included health-related quality of life, severity of depression, anxiety and perceived stress, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and subjective experience. Data were analysed by intention-to-treat using linear mixed-effects models. Results Forty-two women were randomly assigned to the TM (n = 21) and support (n = 21) groups. Adjusting for random effects, TM was shown to be significantly more effective than support at improving Australian Quality of Life (AQoL-8D) utility scores (p = .011), and Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) severity scores for depression (p = .029), anxiety (p = .017) and stress (p = .021) over the 16 weeks. There was no statistically significant time-group interaction effect for PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) total symptom severity scores. Conclusions TM is shown to have promising effects on quality of life, perceived stress and mood among women exposed to domestic violence, suggesting that it may represent an effective alternative to group support.

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Title: Transcendental Meditation for Women Affected by Domestic Violence: A Pilot Randomised, Controlled Trial
Creators: Matthew J. Leach - Southern Cross University
Heather Lorenzon - TM for Women
Publication Details: Journal of family violence, Vol.39(8), pp.1437-1446
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 10
Grant note: Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions.
Identifiers: 991013121012102368
Academic Unit: National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Transcendental Meditation for Women Affected by Domestic Violence: A Pilot Randomised, Controlled Trial

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