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Exploring Changes in Depression and Meaning in Life through River Rafting for Veterans with PTSD
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Hooker, Taylor; McCool, Susan; Fischer, Sarah R.; Tysor, Deborah; Lackey, N. Qwynne – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2022
As part of a larger research program examining the impacts of nature-based experiences on veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, this study focused on changes in their depression and meaning in life after participating in a four-day river rafting experience. Results showed that there were statistically significant improvements over time for…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Adventure Education
Implications of Shortening Outdoor Adventure Education Courses: Identifying Prioritized Outcomes and Effective Processes
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Rushford, Nick; DiRenzo, Amy; Furman, Nate; Sibthorp, Jim – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2020
Across the nation, many outdoor adventure education programs are becoming shorter in duration. The purpose of this study was to determine if instructors alter targeted course outcomes and course processes because of shorter amounts of student field time. Data collection involved interviews with staff from the Colorado Outward Bound School. Results…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Program Length, Program Effectiveness
Evolving an Ecological Way of Thinking: Social Interactions and the Construction of Environmentally Sustainable Behaviors in Adolescents during Expeditionary Learning
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Fruend, Jennifer R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The people around us - as well as the methodical progression of education through content - often shape our relationship to the world. Currently, Earth is at a crossroads, which requires humans to act and live more sustainably with an intentional environmental ethos, whether for literal survival or for slowing Earth's resource degradation.…
Descriptors: Ecology, Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment), Consciousness Raising
Resilience, Peer Relationships, and Confidence: Do Girls' Programs Promote Positive Change?
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Whittington, Anja; Aspelmeier, Jeffery E. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2018
The purpose of this study was to analyze whether girls' levels of resilience increased after participation in a variety of programs. In this study, 711 girls participated in one of four program types: adventure education (n = 71), experiential education (n = 164), traditional camp setting (n = 228), and mixed camp setting (n = 248). The study…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Self Esteem, Females
Experimental Study of the Effects of Outward Bound. Final Report. Educational Reports.
Smith, Mary Lee – 1976
As the final part of a three-part evaluation of Colorado Outward Bound summer programs, a control group and an experimental group were evaluated on the four outcome variables of self-esteem, self-awareness, self-assertion, and acceptance of others, and on school achievement the following year. Participants consisted of 34 paying students and 31…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adventure Education, Affective Behavior, Evaluation Methods