Students who learned the TM-Sidhi Programme were found to increase over a nine-month period in autonomy. Autonomy, defined as reported self-sufficiency, self-reliance, freedom, independence, and mastery of situations, was measured as one dimension among several in an open-ended interview, rated by independent interviewers, designed to elicit expression of experiences that the subject values in life.
Reference: Modern Science and Vedic Science 1: 471–487, 1987.