New! CSC has recently compiled
a short list of journal articles at www.threeprinciplesresearch.com.
Research on the Principles: Background and Ongoing Efforts
As practitioners, teachers and students of the Principles,
with combined personal and professional experience of more
than 40 years, we are constantly reminded of and amazed by
the power of the Principles of Mind, Consciousness and Thought—when articulated with feeling and understanding—to transform people’s mental states, their behaviors and, indeed, their entire lives. We witness this transforming power in our own, as well as our clients’ lives,
on a daily basis.
The Center for Sustainable Change supports the dissemination
and application of the Principles in scientific and academic
settings. To this end, we present here a general summary of the
research findings and outcomes that have emerged from the application
of the Principles, as well as ongoing efforts and areas of need.
Background
The Principles underlying the work of the Center For Sustainable Change were
first tested in a research context through a grant funded by the National Institute
of Mental Health at the University of Oregon (1974-1979). The primary investigator
was Dr. Roger Mills, then Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Oregon
and Executive Director of the Lane County Community Mental Health Center. Further
organizational, clinical and community studies were conducted at the Advanced
Human Studies Institute in Miami (1981-87), the Minneapolis Institute of Mental
Health (1987-1992), and the Community Health Realization Institute at the California
School of Professional Psychology--now Alliant University (1994-1997). Throughout
the history and development of Principles-based Psychology, various individuals
and agencies across the U.S. have pursued their own research on the efficacy
of the Principles in various settings.
Experimental, pilot programs initiated by our President, Dr.
Mills (formerly the Health Realization Institute and R.C. Mills
and Associates) in distressed communities across the United
States—and funded by the
federal Department of Justice, HUD and private foundations—have
demonstrated powerful, positive changes in resident motivation,
community involvement, employment, mental health status, educational
attainment, delinquency and crime reduction, and in overall
neighborhood revitalization.
The community programs based on the Principles have achieved international
recognition and media attention for their successes in turning around crime
ridden, disadvantaged and seemingly hopeless neighborhoods. These Principles
have also been applied with inspiring and documented results in drug and alcohol
treatment, jails, schools, community policing programs, health and hospital
systems, corporate and other societal institutions.
Papers, articles and survey results, including several doctoral dissertations
published to date, show significant, positive outcomes on depression and symptoms
of chronic mental illness as a result of Principles-based community interventions;
they also describe profound, transformative effects on staff and managers in
government and health and hospital systems.
Videos of Principles-based community work are listed and described and can
be ordered through Lone Pine Publishing at www.lonepinepublishing.com;
1-800-518-3541. Jack Pransky, Ph.D. and author, has written extensively about
Principles-based community projects and documented their outcomes in Modello:
A Story of Hope for the Inner City and Beyond and Prevention from the Inside-Out.
The above mentioned survey results, dissertations, articles and papers, along
with a wealth of case studies, testimonial data and phenomenological reports
are available from various publishers and authors, well as through private
and public agencies.
Recent Research Efforts
Available for review are studies that include post hoc clinical studies; pre-
and post- evaluations showing statistical power and significance; three control
group studies; six-year longitudinal follow-up clinical and community studies;
six doctoral theses; five external evaluations from independent researchers
(third-party evaluations); quantitative outcome data; phenomenological research
and a wealth of case studies and testimonial, or anecdotal, data.
For more information and detail on the scope and application
of 3 Principles-based work, please
contact us.