Papers by L. Love
Spinal Cord, 2000
Objective: To compare self-reported health, independence, and depression in two samples of people... more Objective: To compare self-reported health, independence, and depression in two samples of people with spinal cord injury (SCI), one which receives regular, comprehensive outpatient health care follow-up and one that does not. Design: Exploratory study of self-reported secondary conditions in 235 individuals with SCI who received health care follow-up using post hoc quasi-experimental comparisons with a group of 136 people with SCI who had no health care follow-up. Setting: Outpatients at a Veterans Aairs Health Care System SCI Center. Main Outcome Measures: The Check Your Health Instrument surveyed three self-report measures: overall health, independence, and depression. The Secondary Conditions Screening Instrument (SCSI) addressed 40 secondary conditions that may have been experienced in the prior year. Results: Study participants who receive ongoing SCI health care reported higher subjective health, independence, and absence of depression scores compared to those that did not receive regular SCI health care follow-up. Results on the SCSI showed similar secondary conditions in the two groups, but higher frequency and severity in the no follow-up group. Conclusion: SCI outpatient health care follow-up is associated with higher subjective health, independence, and absence of depression.
To explore the important and complicated theme of this issue, we asked three experienced mediator... more To explore the important and complicated theme of this issue, we asked three experienced mediators and scholars to sit down and discuss how they think facts, truth, and stories do (or do not) matter in the practice of mediation.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters by L. Love
Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s Golden Age
"In order to change an existing imagined order, we must first believe in an alternative imagined ... more "In order to change an existing imagined order, we must first believe in an alternative imagined order" Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Chapter 6) This work is not about best practice. It is about next practice. Imagine corporate, political and community leaders empowering others with their mediative style and collaborative stance. Imagine governments embracing mediation principles to frame their approach to domestic and international problem-solving and dealing making. Imagine mediation being a necessary step before any form of civil litigation and arbitration-worldwide. Imagine mediation being a cross-disciplinary, core education component at kindergartens, schools, universities and professional bodies, and mediating being perceived as a widely respected independent profession. Imagine mediating with an earpiece that translates not what parties are saying but what they are actually feeling. Imagine being stuck in a negotiation and with the click of a button being able to get practical and evidence-based information about how to get yourself out of deadlock. Imagine epistemological worlds of dispute resolution, deal making, peacemaking, international relations, brain science and psychology deepening their capacities by engaging with one another on a scientific basis, rather than self-isolating or colliding. Imagine adequate funding for and acceptance of collaboration as an approach to human problem solving. All these imaginings and more are contained in the pages that follow-a collection of over 20 eclectic yet compellingly succinct and coherent essays, carefully curated to offer us Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation's Golden Age. Currently mediation finds itself in a fragmented age. Diverse disciplines make a claim to mediation; they include business, psychology, counselling, management, human resources, social sciences, political science and law, among others. As with all disciplines, they have their own theories, systems, literature, models, jargon, processes and practices and many mediation scholars remain within their own academic silos, resulting in a fragmentation of the field. More than that, the way mediation is practised draws boundaries around specific areas of practice,
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Papers by L. Love
Journal Articles and Book Chapters by L. Love