Editing Werner Erhard and Associates (section)

== The Forum ==
{{See also|Landmark Worldwide#Landmark Forum}}

''[[Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training]]'', a [[longitudinal study]] published by [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] in the series ''Recent Research in Psychology'' in 1990 concluded that attending the Forum had minimal lasting effects — positive or negative — on participants.<ref name="fisher">
[[J.D. Fisher]], [[R. C. Silver]], [[J. M. Chinsky]], [[B. Goff]] and [[Y. Klar]], ''[[Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training|Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training: A Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Effects]]'', Published by [[Springer-Verlag]], October 1990, {{ISBN|0-387-97320-6}}.
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{{cite book
|last1= Fisher
|first1= Jeffrey D.
|last2= Cohen Silver
|first2= Roxane
|last3= Chinsky
|first3= Jack M.
|last4= Goff
|first4= Barry
|last5= Klar
|first5= Yechiel 
|year= 1990
|title= Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training: A Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Effects
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WNjVBQAAQBAJ
|series= Recent Research in Psychology
|location= New York
|publisher= Springer Science & Business Media
|publication-date= 2012
|isbn= 9781461234289
|access-date= 2017-04-09
|quote= [...] with the exception of one univariate effect, no evidence of negative effects was found on any of the measures [...] Many of the potential favorable outcomes of the Forum were assessed on constructs represented in the multivariate analyses (i.e., Positive and Negative Affect, Health, Perceived Control, Social Functioning, Life Satisfaction, Self-Esteem, and Daily Coping). On seven of these eight dimensions, there were no significant short- or long-term multivariate treatment effects. On one, Perceived Control, the short- but not the long-term multivariate comparison with nominees revealed that Forum participants became more internally oriented.
}}
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The research won an [[American Psychological Association]] "National Psychological Consultants to Management Award" in 1989.<ref name="evaluating">{{cite book
  | last = Fisher
  | first = Jeffrey D.
  |author2= Cohen Silver, Roxane |author3= Chinsky, Jack M.
  | author4= Goff, Barry | author5= Klar, Yechiel
  | title = Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training: A Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Effects
  | publisher = Springer-Verlag
  | year = 1990
  | pages = 142
  | isbn = 978-0-387-97320-3  }}<br>'''Page. vii.''' – "The research reported in this volume was awarded the American Psychological Association, Division 13, National Consultants to Management Award, August 13, 1989."</ref> The results of the research study appeared in two articles in the ''[[Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology]]'' in 1989<ref>{{cite journal
  |last1= Fisher
  |first1= Jeffrey D.
  |last2= Silver
  |first2= Roxane Cohen
  |last3= Chinsky
  |first3= Jack M.
  |last4= Goff
  |first4= Barry
  |last5= Klar
  |first5= Yechiel 
  |last6= Zagieboylo
  |first6= Cyndi
  | title = Psychological effects of participation in a large group awareness training
  | journal = Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  | volume = 57
  | issue =6
  | pages = 747–755
  | year = 1989
  | doi =10.1037/0022-006X.57.6.747
  | issn = 0022-006X  }}
</ref> and in 1990,<ref>{{cite journal
  | last = Klar
  | first = Yechiel
  | author-link = Yechiel Klar
  | title = Characteristics of Participants in a Large Group Awareness Training
  | journal = Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  | volume = 58
  | issue = 1
  | pages = 99–108
  | date = February 1990
  | doi = 10.1037/0022-006X.58.1.99
  | pmid = 2319051
  | issn = 0022-006X  |display-authors=etal}}
</ref>

Public-opinion analyst [[Daniel Yankelovich]] did an investigation of the response of participants to their [[experience]] of the Forum.  Yankelovich reported that "more than seven out of ten participants found the Forum to be one of their life's most rewarding experiences".  The study reported that 95 percent of Forum graduates believe the Forum had "specific, practical value" for many aspects of their lives, and 86 percent of those surveyed said that it helped them "cope with a particular challenge or problem".<ref>
{{Cite web |date=2009-02-10 |title=Erhard's Life After Est |url=https://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/erhards-life-after-est/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Dialogue Ireland |language=en}}
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{{cite news
| last1                 = Wakefield
| first1                = Dan 
| title                 = ''Outrageous Betrayal[:] The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile''
| url                   = https://tricycle.org/magazine/outrageous-betrayal/
| work                  = Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
| volume                = 3
| issue                 = Spring
| location              = New York
| publisher             = Tricycle Foundation
| publication-date      = 1994
| access-date           = 2017-04-09
| quote                 = [...] according to a study by opinion analyst Daniel Yankelovich, seven out of ten participants in The Forum found it to be 'one of their life's most rewarding experiences,' while 94 percent felt the program had 'practical' and 'enduring' value.
}}
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