NVC Research

A growing body of research reports, academic communications and publications on Nonviolent Communication is available for you to read.

This page will give you an idea of what research is available and provide links to the research database.

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Overview

We have gathered a large amount of information, including published journal articles, magazine articles, email, reports, and other communications related to research done to investigate the effects of NVC on violence, learning and other possible outcomes in various settings, including schools, parent-child settings, prisons and juvenile detention residences, etc. This allows others with interest in NVC research to easily search, identify, and obtain this information. This is especially important considering the fact that most of the work done to investigate the significance of NVC has not been formally published but exists in reports and dissertations that are not easy to identify or obtain.

Using this information you can easily search for NVC research and important related documents of interest to the NVC research community that have been produced in the past. A “Reference Document” that is an index of all the references is provided for you to search by any word or phrase that may interest you, or you can browse the document by author, keyword, or document type. For additional information, email Tom Caruso (see below).

The Etiquette of Citing Research

References should be quoted as per information provided, and links can be provided to others to those references if they are not to generally available publications or theses.

Even email or letter communications should be quoted as "Personal Communication (Date)" and the reference should include the type of communication, and a link to email or copy of letter on NVC Research Files website.

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Directions for Accessing NVC Research files

There are three ways to access the NVC research files:

  1. Browse research files:

    Click on NVC research files and then select folders or files to download. Alternatively click one of the categories of files below to go right to a list for that category:

  2. Search or browse a reference listing:

    A Reference Report (Word Version, PDF Version, or RTF Version) is available for searching or browsing that includes detailed information about all the references in the database. These references are indexed by author, keyword, and document type.

    To search this information:

    1. Click on a version of the Reference Report:
      Word Version,
      PDF Version, or
      RTF Version;
    2. Use the search facility in the software to find words or phrases related to what you are trying to find in the research file records; and
    3. Copy and paste the links provided into the address line in your browser.
  3. Use Bibliography Software (EndNote):

    If you own or purchase EndNote (www.endnote.com), bibliography software that allows you to easily manage references, you may click on EndNote Database File and download it to the location you want to save it on your computer. Open your EndNote software and use File-Open to access the EndNote Database File that you have stored on your computer. In EndNote you can search for references according to keyword, author, or any word or phrase. You can also use EndNote to automatically insert these references in proposals or articles that you are writing.

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NVC Research Workgroup

An NVC Research Workgroup meets monthly via teleconference supported by CNVC. This Workgroup discusses research activities of its members, and are developing collaborations to pursue research funding for research in schools and prisons. Members include:

Thomas P. Caruso, PhD, Director of Research Initiatives, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA
Gerald Cirrincione, MS in Statistics, San Diego, California, USA
Jane Connor, PhD, Director, Div of Human Development, Binghamton University, New York, USA
Frances Delahanty, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Pace University, New York, USA
Patricia Dennahy, PhD, Touchstones, UK
Itamar Harrari, PhD, H.E.A.R.T. in Education, California, USA
Sura Hart, NVC in Schools Project, CNVC, California, USA
William C. Hulley, MBA, MDiv, private practice in couples and family therapy, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Jim Hawdon, Associate Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA
Robert Jones, MA, Psychotherapist, UK
Suzanne Jones, PhD Candidate, Communications, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA. NVC relationship to other communication techniques. email Suzanne
Havva Kök, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey. NVC in political conflict resolution. www.ir.hacettepe.edu.tr
Marion Little, Masters Student in Dispute Resolution, Victoria BC, Canada
Roxanne Manning, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, North Carolina, USA
Kit Miller, BayNVC, California, USA www.baynvc.org
Felix Rauschmayer, PhD, Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany. NVC (and sociocracy) in public decision processes.
Paul Rentz, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of South Dakota, South Dakota, USA
John Ryan, PhD, Professor and Head of Sociology, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA
Don Shoemaker, PhD, Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA
Fred Sly, Psychology Doctoral Student, CA, BayNVC, California, USA

Cindy Vian, MS Candidate (anticipated May 2007) in Community Mental Health Counseling, Southern New Hampshire University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. email Cindy
Wendy Webber, Founder, Vermont Peace Academy, NVC in schools and incarceration rehabilitation. www.vermontpeaceacademy.org
Lissa Young, MA, PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. NVC in psychology--developing empirically-based measure(s) of NVC for use in research, clinical, and educational settings. psych.umb.edu/clinical/gstudent.htm

If you are interested in participating in the NVC Research Workgroup,email the Webmaster with your interest and a brief description of your background and interests in NVC research. He will distribute that email to the group and include you in the mailing list, and you can then join in on monthly teleconferences (now at 3 PM New York time on the first Friday of the month).

NVC Research Workgroup Listserve

There is an official listserv for our use as the NVC Research Workgroup. If you want to send email to the group, just sent to: nvcreasearchworkgroup@listserv.vt.edu.

Replies to this listserv will go to the sender, NOT to the entire listserv. If you want your replies to go to the entire listserv you need to hit "REPLY-ALL".

To UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to listserv@listserv.vt.edu and in the body of the message, type: signoff nvcresearchworkgroup.

To SUBSCRIBE send a message to listserv@listserv.vt.edu and in the body of the message, type: subscribe nvcresearchworkgroup [YOUR FULL NAME]

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nvc research wiki

We now have an NVC Research wiki. You can find it, and participate, here: http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/NVC_Research_Circle

measurement tools

www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/measure.htm

This compendium provides researchers and prevention specialists with a set of tools to assess violence-related beliefs, behaviors, and influences, as well as to evaluate programs to prevent youth violence. If you are new to the field of youth violence prevention and unfamiliar with available measures, you may find this compendium to be particularly useful. If you are an experienced researcher, this compendium may serve as a resource to identify additional measures to assess the factors associated with violence among youths.

Specific Research Papers

journal articles

Cox, E. and P. Dannahy (2005).
"The value of openness in e-relationships: using Nonviolent Communication to guide online coaching and mentoring." International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 3(1): 39-51.

dissertations

Beck, S. R. (2005).
“Developing Nonviolent Communication: An Integral Approach”, MA Thesis, Dept. of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: 105 pages.
Blake, S. M. (2002).
A Step Toward Violence Prevention: Non-Violent Communication as Part of a College Curriculum. MA Thesis, Department of Communication. Boca Raton, Florida, Florida Atlantic University: 122.
Hulley, W. C. (2006).
Mindful Counseling: Nonviolent Communication as a Mahayana Skillful Means. Department of Religious Studies. Boulder, Colorado, USA, Naropa University. Master of Divinity: 78.
Jones, R. (2005).
Understanding the nature of empathy: A personal perspective. Counseling and Psychotherapy. MA Thesis, Counseling and Psychotherapy, London, University of East London: 64.
Steckal, D. S. (1994).
Compassionate Communication and Levels of participant Empathy and Self-compassion. PhD Thesis, United States International University Library. San Diego, CA.

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course essay

Danielsen, G. (2005).
Meeting Human Needs, Preventing Violence: Applying Human Needs Theory to the Conflict in Sri Lanka. Course Essay, Buenos Aires, Universidad del Salvador: 21.

ALL references to this paper should be referred to G. Danielsen (gertico@yahoo.no) beforehand, since some quotations in the paper have not yet been authorized by the person quoted.

other

Steckal, D. S. (1994).
Self-Other Empathy Survey.

Contribute to this work

financial contributions

Contributions can be made to CNVC to support the NVC Research projects. (See the donation page.) Presently we are looking for funds to support:

(1) a study of the use of NVC to train counselors in a juvenile detention residence, and

(2) an “NVC in Schools” study at Perkins Elementary, San Diego, CA.

contributions of research

NVC-related research reports, papers and other publications, links useful for NVC researchers, and research-related communications, can be sent to me (Tom Caruso: tcaruso@vt.edu, Skype ID: GiraffeTalkResearch) for posting in the database. That’s the task I have taken here, and I find it highly valuable to our community, meeting my needs for contribution and connection to others interested in research.