Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	7450
Country	United States

Received	2013-11-19 14:33
Peer-Review Started	2013-11-19 20:49
To Make the First Decision	2013-12-25 18:15
Return for Revision	2013-12-27 20:51
Revised	2014-01-15 05:21
Second Decision	2014-03-04 09:56
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Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-03-04 10:23
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Category	Psychology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Assimilation approach to measuring organizational change from pre- to post-intervention
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Scott C Moore, Katerine Osatuke and Steven R Howe
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Katerine Osatuke, PhD, United States Veterans Health Administration, National Center for Organization Development, 11500 Northlake Drive Ste 260, Cincinnati， OH 45249, United States. katerine.osatuke@va.gov
Key Words	Bipolar disorder; Caregivers; Burden; Prevention
Core Tip	Measuring organizational change in real-world settings presents the challenge of objectively evaluating progress in problems subjectively experienced by participants. We illustrate a working solution, discussing an organizational intervention at a United States Veterans Affairs medical center. Within a year, the intervention addressed the hospital’s initially serious problems, to multiple stakeholders’ satisfaction. Traditional quantitative outcome measures, however, failed to capture the reported strong positive impact. We applied the Assimilation model, a clinical-developmental theory from psychotherapy research, that measures change levels in participants’ problematic experiences. The model and measure sensitively captured the progress described by the participants, previously missed by conventional outcome measures.
Publish Date	2014-03-17 15:56
Citation	Moore SC, Osatuke K, Howe SR. Assimilation approach to measuring organizational change from pre- to post-intervention. World J Psychiatr 2014; 4(1): 13-29
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v4/i1/13.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v4.i1.13

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