Psychological Sense of Community and Group Cohesion on Wilderness Trips

Breunig, Mary; O’Connell, Tim; Todd, Sharon; Young, Anderson; Anderson, Lynn; Anderson, Dale

doi:10.1177/105382590703000307

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“…One recent study (Breunig, O'Connell, Todd, Young, Anderson, & Anderson, 2008) suggested that PSOC can develop during education-based wilderness trips. The impact of this development has not gone unnoticed in the research literature.…”

Section: The Camp As Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Temporary Community: Student Experiences of School-Based Outdoor Education Programmes

Smith¹,

Steel²,

Gidlow³

2010

Journal of Experiential Education

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This paper reports on a New Zealand study that obtained firsthand narrative accounts from a group of Year 10 (14 to 15 years old) secondary school students who were provided with 27-exposure disposable cameras on which they were asked to take a series of photographs to record what a residential school camp was like for them. Follow-up individual photoelicitation interviews with the 32 self-selected respondents (21 female, 11 male) revealed that school camp is an enjoyable, socially different experience where students are able to spend time with their friends and develop their peer networks in a temporary community. Researchers are encouraged to use photo-elicitation interviews when their research objectives traverse the changing preoccupations of adolescents or of other groups during their life courses, and practitioners should consider developing programmes that incorporate the social youth development outcomes salient to adolescent participants.

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Section: The Camp As Communitymentioning

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“…The impact of this development has not gone unnoticed in the research literature. The principal finding, thus far, is that there is a concomitant and positive change in group cohesion (Breunig et al, 2008;Todd, Young, Anderson, O'Connell, & Breunig, 2009) and caring (Quay et al, 2002(Quay et al, /2003 as PSOC changes.…”

Section: The Camp As Communitymentioning

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The Temporary Community: Student Experiences of School-Based Outdoor Education Programmes

Smith¹,

Steel²,

Gidlow³

2010

Journal of Experiential Education

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“…A recent study examined the application of attachment theory to working with adults in wilderness therapy (Bettmann & Jasperson, 2008), while others primarily examined the impact of nonclinical wilderness adventures with adults (Goldenberg & Pronsolino, 2008;Jostad, Paisley, & Gookin, 2012;Paxton & McAvoy, 2000) or as an adjunct to inpatient treatment for survivors of combat-related PTSD (Hyer, Boyd, Scurfield, Smith, & Burke, 1996). Similar studies explored the impact of wilderness exposure on sense of community (Breunig et al, 2008) or resilience (Ewert & Yoshino, 2008).…”

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Efficacy of Wilderness Therapy for Young Adults: A First Look

Hoag

Massey

Roberts

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Residential Treatment For Children & Youth

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“…They concede that this is because of the complexity of studying multiple variables in quantitative research, which is more frequently used in adventure education then qualitative research. Breunig, O'Connell, Todd, Young, Anderson, and Anderson (2008) recently looked at the psychological sense of community and group cohesion on a six-day wilderness adventure education program. Undergraduate students from a department of recreation and leisure studies program at a United States university (n = 23) were asked to complete the Group Cohesion Evaluation Questionnaire (Glass & Benshoff, 2002) to self-report the group's cohesion.…”

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“…Demographic questions have been used in the previous studies (Breunig, O'Connell, Todd, Young, Anderson, & Anderson, 2008;Glass & Benshoff, 2002); however, the format and wording were aligned with State University language for consistency. Specifically, participants were asked age, sex, and their ethnicity (see Appendix C).…”

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The Impact of Perceived Risk From Challenge Courses on Group Cohesion

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The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of perceived risk from high elements in a challenge course on group cohesion. Participants who have not participated in a challenge course will be selected from a First Year Experience cohort at a California State University (n=100). Six randomly selected teams of 12 to 17 people will participate in three and a half hour challenge course programs. Half of the groups completed only low elements, while the other half completed a combination of low and high elements. A pre, mid, and post test of the Group Cohesion Evaluation Questionnaire was administered. A One-way ANOVA between groups was performed to find statistical differences. It is hypothesized that participants will feel an increase in group cohesion as a result of perceived risk from high elements as opposed to those who participate in low elements only and do not feel perceived risk.

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Psychological Sense of Community and Group Cohesion on Wilderness Trips

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

The Temporary Community: Student Experiences of School-Based Outdoor Education Programmes

The Temporary Community: Student Experiences of School-Based Outdoor Education Programmes

Efficacy of Wilderness Therapy for Young Adults: A First Look

The Impact of Perceived Risk From Challenge Courses on Group Cohesion

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