Long-Term Success in Mediation

This article reports the results of a study of the antecedents of long-term success in community mediation. Seventy-three mediation sessions were recorded and content analyzed. The participants were interviewed at two points: immediately after mediation and 4 to 8 months later. No relationship was f...

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Published in:Law and human behavior 1993-06, Vol.17 (3), p.313-330
Main Authors: Pruitt, Dean G, Peirce, Robert S, McGillicuddy, Neil B, Welton, Gary L, Castrianno, Lynn M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caucuses
Communities
Complaining
Fairness
Followup Studies
Hostility
Human
Marriage counseling
Mediation
Problem solving
Procedural justice
Social psychology
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Summary:This article reports the results of a study of the antecedents of long-term success in community mediation. Seventy-three mediation sessions were recorded and content analyzed. The participants were interviewed at two points: immediately after mediation and 4 to 8 months later. No relationship was found between the quality of the agreements-i.e., the extent to which they solved immediate problems-and long-term success as measured by compliance, improved relations between the parties. and the absence of new problems. On the other hand, joint problem solving by the disputants was related to complainant perceptions of improved relations with the other party. Also respondent perceptions that the mediation had been fair and that all the problems had come out were related to all aspects of long-term success in the eyes of the complainant. The latter results support a procedural justice analysis of mediation and underline the importance of mediator attention to the respondent.
ISSN:0147-7307
1573-661X
DOI:10.1007/BF01044511