Preliminary Findings of Pre/Post Test after 3PEPT 

conducted by Jack Pransky, Ph.D. , 10/12-4/13

This Three Principles Extended Professional Training (EPT) came about as a result of discussions between Sheela Masand, Katja Symons and Jack Pransky. The training was open to any participants from around the world who had been exposed to Three Principles understanding and who wanted to learn how to better teach it to others and/or counsel or coach others using 3P understanding.  The training was held in Albir, Spain.

Fifteen (15) participants attended the initial weekend. One dropped out midway through the training but another joined and began doing homework assignments with the rest of the participants. Two other participants could not attend the final weekend for personal reasons. Thus, the post-test was tabulated only for those who attended both weekends. Wherever there was a question or a “not applicable” answer noted for any question, that answer was not included in the tabulation for that question.

The 3PEPT met for two weekends, October 6-7, 2012 and April 27-28, 2013. On the Friday night before the first session participants were also given the opportunity to attend an introductory session for new people conducted by Jack Pransky. In between the face-to-face weekend sessions, the facilitator gave assignments, participants responded via email, the facilitator corrected the assignments and sent feedback to participants via email, and each month in between a one hour teleconference was held with the facilitator for all participants. A Friday night session was held for new participants in April conducted solely by the EPT participants as part of this EPT; it had been planned the previous month with instructions from the facilitator.

Data collection for this EPT focused on whether change occurred in well-being, stress, work relationships and work effectiveness among participants 1) before initial exposure to the three principles, 2) at entry into the EPT, and 3) at the end of the EPT (n=11). Because no pre-testing had occurred at their initial Three Principles trainings, the initial pre-test occurred retrospectively at EPT entry. All 12 participants in the final weekend session filled out the pre- and post–test forms, except that the person who entered the program late did not complete the pre-test; therefore her post-test scores were not included.  .

Preliminary Findings/Outcomes

The Table below shows perceived mean ratings of answers given to questions on a pre- and post- test questionnaire comparing the following: retrospectively before exposure to three principles understanding (pre 3P), at entry into the EPT (pre EPT), and at the end of the final weekend (post EPT). Scores follow for each question:

Ratings on a 10-point Likert scale, 1-10 (10 highest)

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10

(mean scores)

1. Rate your general feeling of well-being

a. at work

(pre 3P)                       ————-4.4

(pre EPT)                     ———————6.6

(post EPT)                    ——————————8.6

b. in the rest of your life

(pre 3P)                        ————–4.5

(pre EPT)                     ———————6.6

(post EPT)                    —————————–8.3

2. Rate your level of stress (10 = lowest stress)

a. at work

(pre 3P)                       ——–3.2

(pre EPT)                     ——————6.1

(post EPT)                    ——————————-8.8

b. in the rest of your life

(pre 3P)                        ————-4.4

(pre EPT)                     ———————6.9

(post EPT)                    —————————8.2

3. Rate your quality of relationships

a. at work with your clients

(pre 3P)                        ——————–6.7

(pre EPT)                     ————————-7.9

(post EPT)                    —————————–8.4

b. with coworkers and supervisors

(pre 3P)                        —————–5.6

(pre EPT)                     ———————–7.2

(post EPT)                    —————————-8.3

4. How effective you would say you are with clients/the people you work with?

(pre 3P)                        —————-5.2

(pre EPT)                     ———————–7.4

(post EPT)                    —————————8.1

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The answer to the following question is not on a 10-point scale; it is actual numbers:

5. Approximately how many times*

b. per month do you have arguments or fights with your spouse/partner

(pre 3P)                       ————————7.9

(pre EPT)                     ———–4.7

(post EPT)                    -0.4

[*Note: Question 5a did not have enough respondents to count]

Overall Training Rating (n=12)

Excellent = 11; Very Good = 1; Good = 0; Fair = 0; Poor = 0