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Many people over the years have studied the effectiveness of Nonviolent Communication in fields such as education, mental health, workplaces, justice, and family systems.  If you would like to learn more about where NVC has had a positive impact, please check out the academic research articles, doctoral dissertations, and masters thesis that appear on this page.

This research will be useful for anybody who is interested in the scientific evidence about the impact of NVC including journalists, business managers, university administrators, Certified Trainers and practitioners, and other researchers. Use the filters on this page to find the topics, years, and research types that are the most relevant to you.

We are grateful to all of the people who have served on the NVC Research Working Group since 2003 including Marion Little (the current leader of the group), Tom Caruso, Meiji Stewart, Kit Miller, and many others.  If you know about research related to Nonviolent Communication and you do not see it on this page, please fill out the form, “Add to Research Page” and we will review it.

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in English

Total Honesty/Total Heart

Fostering empathy development and conflict resolution skills. A violence prevention strategy

Little, Marion (2008)
in English

Traditional Education or Partnership Education

Which Educational Approach Might Best Prepare Students for the Future?

Jones, Suzanne. (2009)
in English

Summative evaluation of a workshop in collaborative communication

Branscomb, Jane. (2011)
in English

Engaging youth in community development: Post-war healing and recovery in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kasumagic, L. (2008)
in English

Case Study of Tekoa Institute

Illustration of Nonviolent Communication Training’s Effect on Conflict Resolution

Nash, A.L. (2007)
in English

Training in Collaborative Communication in an Organizational Context

Assessment of Impact

Connor, J. M. and Wentworth, R. (2012)
in German

Dann kann man das ja auch mal so lösen!

Auswertungsinterviews mit Kindern und Jugendlichen nach Trainings zur Gewaltfreien Kommunikation

Muth, Cornelia (Hrsg.) (2010)
in English

Nursing and light technologies for a peace culture within the family

Fernandes, H., & Horta, Ana Lúcia de Moraes (2018)
in English

The value of openness in e-relationships

Using Nonviolent Communication to guide online coaching and mentoring

Cox, E., & Dannahy, P. (2005)
in English

Nonviolent (empathic) communication for health care providers

Lee, C. A., Kessler, C. M., Varon, D., Martinowitz, U., Heim, M., Rosenberg, M., & Molho, P. (1998)
in English

Investigating Nonviolent Communication Skills as a Tool for Managing Anxiety and Attributional Confidence to Foster Effective Communication in Difficult Interpersonal Encounters

Epinat-Duclos, J., Foncelle, A., Quesque, F., Chabanat, E., Duguet, A., van Der Henst, J. B., & Rossetti, Y. (2021)
in German

Evaluation der Gewaltfreien Kommunikation in Quer- und Längsschnittdaten

Altmann, Tobias (2010)