Impact of the Application of Redecision Methods in Executive Coaching Workshops on Psychological Wellbeing: a Quantitative Evaluation of Effectiveness

Mark Widdowson,Mil Rosseau,Peter Theuns,Rik Rosseau

doi:10.29044/v7i2p3

Abstract

Previous research has found that participants in redecision marathons experience increased personal growth and improvements in psychological well-being (McNeel, 1982; Noriega-Gayol, 1997; Widdowson & Rosseau, 2014). In this article, the authors conducted a quantitative analysis based on the use of the Ryff Scales of Psychological Wellbeing to determine whether participants (n=49) at an executive coaching redecision marathon would experience an increase in psychological well-being. The findings show statistically significant improvements in psychological well-being overall, and specifically within the sub-scales of autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth and self-acceptance, suggesting that redecision-based workshops are effective for improving subjective psychological well-being.

Highlights

This is the third article in a series which has examined the use of redecision methods (Goulding & Goulding, 1979) as applied in an executive coaching workshop context
This study has provided support to the findings from Widdowson & Rosseau (2014) which found that participants in the redecision-based workshop experienced increases in self-acceptance, mastery and psychological wellbeing
This is consistent with the findings of McNeel (1982) who found that participants in a redecision marathon experienced enhanced personal growth

Summary

Introduction

This is the third article in a series which has examined the use of redecision methods (Goulding & Goulding, 1979) as applied in an executive coaching workshop context. The second article (Widdowson & Rosseau, 2014) was a qualitative study which explored participants’ experiences of attending the workshop. The qualitative study found that participants experienced enhanced selfawareness, a greater sense of self-acceptance, increased self-esteem and self-confidence and an increased sense of well-being. Participants in the qualitative study experienced positive interpersonal changes and improvements in their leadership skills. We take our investigations further, by using a quantitative measure of psychological wellbeing to examine whether the redecision-based executive coaching workshop is effective at increasing the subjective sense of psychological wellbeing amongst participants

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