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the maharishi effect and governmentvariables support the hypotheses that the NDP would influence thevariables in the direction <strong>of</strong> greater positivity. This study is thus themost recent instance <strong>of</strong> several studies, where quality <strong>of</strong> life indices havebeen favorably impacted by the Extended <strong>Maharishi</strong> Effect ( Davies &Alexander, 1983; Dillbeck, 1990; Orme-Johnson, Alexander, Davies,Chandler, & Larimore, 1988; Orme-Johnson, Gelderloos & Dillbeck,1988). Approval ratings and media data have presented an interestingopportunity to further understand the mechanics <strong>of</strong> growth <strong>of</strong> coherencein collective consciousness, due to their sensitivity to public moodand to the various inputs comprising internal and external interactions<strong>of</strong> government (e.g. political parties within the Congressional branch,and interactions <strong>of</strong> the head <strong>of</strong> state with constituents and with othernations).Table 3. Effect Size for Variables With Time Series StructuralBreak AnalysisVariable NameApprovalRatings(Roper)ApprovalRatings(AE.)Effect SizeExperimentalp value forSrwknoIntervention*Effect SizeControlPeriods.9554 2.9x10-8 (no Roper ‘94)p value forSrwknoControl**.9291 5.29x10-8 .2028 n.s.Index <strong>of</strong> DCVariables.7237 3.22x10-5 -.3811 .02EPRD .4109 .009 -.2710 n.s.Media .3859 .01 .2586 n.s.***Complaints .3843 .01 -.0118 n.s.Trauma .3452 .02 .068 n.s.Accidental Deaths .3317 .045 -.2626 n.s.*p value is one-tailed**p value is one-tailed***at one-tail, p value is .038251

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