TY - JOUR AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent:35.4pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none">To clarify the long-term effects and sustainability of mediation, we reviewed approaches and findings from mediation research, psychology, and counseling and therapy research. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">On this basis, we have developed a hypothetical model of mediation qualities that we tested in a prospective longitudinal study. To this end, we investigated the long-term effectiveness of mediation in303 escalated civil disputes of various types. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">We refer to main findings that indicate there are long-term effects of antecedent <i>structural qualities</i> such as personal items of the participants, mediator qualifications, and as well as system and conflict issues, but also <i>process qualities&nbsp;</i>such as conduct of negotiations, explanation of all concerns and issues, and honesty of participants. <i>Outcome qualities</i> of the agreement also had long-term effects like contract compliance, or satisfaction. <i>Sustainability&nbsp;</i><i>qualities</i> had long-term effects like time and cost savings, long-term fairness, relationship, and quality of life, satisfaction and conflict competence, and parties' attitudes toward mediation. Reflections on further research, practice and training conclude.<o:p></o:p></span></p> AU - Peter Kaiser, Gerald Eisenkopf, Andrej Marc Gabler, Felix L. B. Lehmann DA - 2022/9// DO - 10.34891/2022.612 IS - 2 VL - 16 PB - Carnegie Mellon University Library Publishing Service PY - 2022 TI - Qualities and Long-Term Effects of Mediation T2 - Negotiation and Conflict Management Research UR - https://lps.library.cmu.edu/NCMR/article/id/612/ ER -