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Changing Self Perceptions
A controlled efficacy study of the Quadrinity Process
by Christiane Windhausen
Executive Summary
The theme and purpose of the Windhausen study was to examine the
effectiveness of the Quadrinity Process. On a pragmatic level, Windhausen
was also concerned with the quality assurance regulations of German
health laws, which require efficacy studies in order for specific
therapies to be legally accepted as treatment modalities. Her dissertation
therefore serves as a personal, professional, legal and scholarly
endeavor to clarify a number of hypotheses. She enumerated a number
of hypotheses.
The hypotheses:
- The Quadrinity Process offers long-term changes.
- In the examination of the two groups, the effects of the 8 day
Quadrinity Process are larger and more stable than those of the
three-month clinical therapy control group.
- The therapeutic results of the Quadrinity Process show themselves
in the following dimensions:
a) reduction of reported symptomatology;
b) increased self worth and self acceptance;
c) increased self assurance;
d) development of emotional competence (self-awareness, growth
potential, ability to overcome problems, ability to deal with
changes, consciousness of responsibility, etc.);
e) increased ability to deal with life circumstances;
f) the movement of self perception towards a picture of the desired
ideal.
These hypotheses were measured by a number of paper and pencil
tests. The majority of the tests are in the German language and
authorship, however a translated SCL 90-R a test of American origin,
was also included. The tests, which took approximately 1.5 hours
to complete, were administered to a 56 of Quadrinity Process students
and the selected patients with a 22 at the hospital clinic. These
test were repeated immediately after treatment and again at three
and six months after treatment. A further probe of the results for
the Quadrinity Process students was repeated 12 months post-treatment.
The results were robust. Measures showed statistically significant
results over a one-year period. For instance, among the many documented
changes, the scores of the Frankfurter Selbstkonzeptskalen,
a self-concept scale, rose significantly and remained stable. Other
significant changes include changes to the Problembewaeltigung
and the Verhaltens-und die Allgemeine Selbstwert-schaetzung
scales, which address problem solving, relationships, and general
self worth and judgment scales. All told, the changes in the Quadrinity
Process were significantly greater than the changes in the three-month
group therapy clinic program.
The Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL 90-R), a list of 90 questions
concerning medical symptoms, was included in the study. Depressive
symptoms, for instance, were significantly reduced after the Quadrinity
Process had been taken. The reduction of fear, was one of the most
important results in the Unsicherheitsfragebogen—Confidence
questionnaire. In the total of 38 scales, 11 of those scales showed
significant statistical differences for those who took the Quadrinity
Process. These scales concerned themselves with self worth, self
assurance, empathy and capacity for consensus.
In all, the dissertation results are encouraging. Windhausen comes
to the conclusion that the Quadrinity Process is a highly effective
one. She finds the changes positive, stable and long-term.
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