A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Meditation for Work Stress, Anxiety and Depressed Mood in Full‐Time Workers
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine January 1, 2011 Ramesh Manocha, Deborah Black, Jerome Sarris et al. 100 citations
An 8-week randomized controlled trial with 178 full-time workers compared a mental-silence meditation (Sahaja Yoga) to a relaxation active control and a wait-list control. The meditation group showed significantly greater improvements in work stress and depressed mood than both control groups. The findings suggest that approaches emphasizing thought reduction or mental silence may have specific benefits for occupational stress and depressive feelings.