Assessment of Transformative Programs

We're interested in assessing transformative programs including our own ECT. We need to identify both factors we wish to assess and measures for assessing them.

What kind of areas to assess

Wellbeing
Purpose
Ability to deal with conflict
Group dynamics
Perspectives

Existing Work

Examples of assessment scales used by Martin and NonSymbolic

From Martin, J. A. (20210909). Effects of two online positive psychology and meditation programs on persistent self-transcendence. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000286 (in library)

Participants were assessed using the Authentic Happiness Inventory, Satisfaction with Life Scale, PERMA, Fordyce Emotions Questionnaire, Center for Epidemiology Studies Depression questionnaire, State/Trait Anxiety Inventory, Perceived Stress Scale, Gratitude Questionnaire, Mysticism Scale, Modified Nondual Embodiment Thematic Inventory, and Meaning in Life Questionnaire. After the program, participants were sorted into seven categories of self-transcendence: none, temporary, and five increasing degrees of persistent self-transcendence. Results from each measure were broken out by category, and compared within and across cohorts.

NB: this paper is a nice example of rigorously measuring and assessing a novel and related area

Authentic Happiness from Seligman and colleagues

https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/testcenter

Recommended items from Finders and Jeffrey Martin:

Authentic Happiness Inventory
CES-D Questionnaire
Fordyce Emotions Questionnaire
PERMA
Meaning In Life Questionnaire
Satisfaction with Life Scale

Maybes

Stress & Empathy Questionnaire

Discussion thread

Extensive dicussion thread here: https://github.com/orgs/life-itself/discussions/154