Research

Evidenced-Based Research

New Vision Wilderness is involved in several long-term research projects. NVW pre-tests and post-tests all students on both Youth Outcomes Questionnaire Self-Report 2.0 (Y-OQ) and HeartMath EmWave PC stress scans.

New Vision Y-OQ and OQ Data Report

New Vision Wilderness has facilitated incredible clinical change for adolescent and young adult students from enrollment to graduation.  In order to identify clinical change, therapeutic programs utilize Youth Outcome Questionnaires (Y-OQ) and Outcome Questionnaires (OQ) to highlight significant risk factors in mental health.  The community norm is 46.  In order for data to be clinically significant, results for the Y-OQ must change by 18 points or more.

The Y-OQ focuses on six areas of functioning for adolescents covering how they feel inside, how they get along with significant others, how they cope with stress physically and behaviorally, and how they complete life tasks. New Vision Wilderness’ adolescent results show a decrease (improvement) of 24 points from enrollment to graduation, indicating that on average, NVW students are demonstrating clinically significant improvement after participation. Parent or guardian results show a decrease (improvement) of 60 points from enrollment to graduation. Even after graduating from New Vision, adolescents continue to show consistently lower risk factors close to the community norm.

Young adult programming is specific to our Deschutes program.  The OQ-45.2 is completed by young adults  analyzing three area of functioning on how the young adult feels inside, how they get along with significant others, and how they feel doing important life tasks. Young adult results show a decrease (improvement) of 33 points from enrollment to graduation demonstrating significant clinical change and this change remains one year later.

Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Council

The OBH Council works with Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative (OBHRC), whose purpose is to carry out comprehensive independent research and provide credible, objective information to the field. OBHRC has grown to include 12 full and affiliate research scientists with over 200 studies conducted in the field about the behavioral healthcare.