W P Smith

Meditation as an adjunct to a happiness enhancement program.

Journal of Clinical Psychology March 1, 1995 W P Smith, W C Compton, W B West

This study investigated the impact that meditation has on Fordyce's (1977, 1983) Personal Happiness Enhancement Program (PHEP). Experimental subjects were divided into two groups, both of which received instruction on the PHEP. Subjects in one experimental group were taught a meditation exercise in addition to the PHEP. A control group received no instruction. The Happiness Measure, Psychap...