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title: "Research - Center for Nonviolent Communication"
description: "research about Nonviolent Communication"
url: "https://www.cnvc.org/learn/research?start=144"
date: "2026-09-19T19:35:31+00:00"
language: "en-US"
---

#   Research

### EVIDENCE of the Benefits of Nonviolent Communication

Discover research that has been done on the efficacy and impact of Nonviolent Communication in areas such as education, mental health, workplaces, justice, and family systems. This research is useful for anybody who is interested in the scientific evidence about the impact of NVC such as journalists, business managers, university administrators, Certified Trainers, and practitioners.

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- [  Academic Journal Article(131)  ](#)
- [  Conference Paper(5)  ](#)

- [  Doctoral Dissertation(10)  ](#)
- [  Master’s Thesis(27)  ](#)

- [  Other(16)  ](#)
- [  Project Report(13)  ](#)

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- [  Conflict Resolution(52)  ](#)
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#  Your results

 [ Doctoral Dissertation in English

#  Compassionate communication and levels of participant empathy and self-compassion

 *United States International University*

 Steckal, D. S. (1994)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3140:compassionate-communication-levels-empathy-self-compassion&catid=60)

 [ Master’s Thesis in English

#  Case Study of Tekoa Institute

#  Illustration of Nonviolent Communication Training’s Effect on Conflict Resolution

 *Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. VTechWorks*

 Nash, A.L. (2007)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3157:case-study-of-tekoa-institute&catid=60)

 [ Master’s Thesis in English

#  How to influence and improve peace negotiations and conflict resolutions by communication

#  A comparative analysis of nonviolent communication and strategic communication, applied to one case study

 *Uppsala University. Diva Portal Thesis Repository*

 Ask, B. (2016)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3143:how-influence-improve-peace-negotiations-conflict-resolutions-by-communication&catid=60)

 [ Doctoral Dissertation in English

#  The Relevance of Nonviolent Communication for Peacebuilding

#  Discussing the Impact of Marshall Rosenberg on the Catholic Social Teaching on Peace and War and Its Implications for Peace in Nigeria

 *A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Doctor’s Degree (Ph.D.) in Theology (S.T.D.) at KU Leuven, Belgium*

 Mary Lilian Akhere Ehidiamhen (2023)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4574:the-relevance-of-nonviolent-communication-for-peacebuilding&catid=60)

 [ Academic Journal Article in English

#  Whole Brain Leadership for Creating Resonant Multidisciplinary Health Care Teams

 *Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 108(4), 978 - 986*

 Ungerleider, Ross M., Ungerleider, Jamie Dickey. (2019)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4915:whole-brain-leadership-for-creating-resonant-multidisciplinary-health-care-teams&catid=60)

 [ Academic Journal Article in English

#  Nonviolent Communication

#  A Literature Review

 *International Journal of Current Research and Applied Studies, 2 (1), 1-12, January-February 2023*

 Pinto, Sílvia Costa., Cunha, Maria Nascimento. (2023)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4811:nonviolent-communication-a-literature-review&catid=60)

 [ Academic Journal Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish

#  Estratégias De Promoção Da Saúde Mental Para Profissionais De Saúde

#  Uma Revisão Integrativa

 *Contemporary Journal , 3 (12), 32128–32149*

 Gomes, Hélio de Abreu., Dos Santos, Natânia Candeira., Da Silva, Mariana de Oliveira Marques., Silva, Ana Letícia Rodrigues., Cortez, Elaine Antunes. (2023)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4838:estrategias-de-promocao-da-saude-mental-para-profissionais-de-saude&catid=60)

 [ Academic Journal Article in English

#  Nonviolent (empathic) communication for health care providers

 *Haemophilia, 4(4), 335-340*

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

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3119:nonviolent-empathic-communication-for-health-care-providers&catid=60)

 [ Academic Journal Article in English

#  Effects of a Nonviolent Communication-Based Empathy Education Program for Nursing Students

#  A Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study

 *Nursing Reports, MDPI. 2022; 12(4):824-835*

 Sung J, Kweon Y. (2022)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3202:effects-of-nonviolent-communication-empathy-education-program-nursing-students&catid=60)

 [ Academic Journal Article in English

#  Developing empathy as a process of re-humanization

#  insights from South American students and their experiences with contemplative practices

 *Research Square*

 Quiroga, Gaston Bacquet. (2024)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4886:developing-empathy-as-a-process-of-re-humanization&catid=60)

 [ Master’s Thesis in English

#  Total Honesty/Total Heart

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

 *University of Victoria. UVic Space Electronic Theses and Dissertations*

 Little, Marion. (2008)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3154:total-honesty-total-heart&catid=60)

 [ Academic Journal Article in English, Portuguese

#  Integrative practices to address stress in nursing professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic

#  scoping review

 *Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2025 Feb*

 Costa, Girlene Ribeiro da., Gouveia, Márcia Teles de Oliveira., Gherardi-Donato, Edilaine Cristina da Silva., Lima, Priscilla Cavalcante. (2024)

 ](https://www.cnvc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4791:integrative-practices-stress-nursing-professionals-covid-19-pandemic&catid=60)

We are grateful to all of the people who have served on the NVC Research Working Group since 2003 including [Marion Little](https://www.cnvc.org/trainers/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, click the button below.

 [ Submit additional research ](https://www.cnvc.org/forms/add-to-research-request)
