The influence of short-term adventure-based experiences on levels of resilience

Ewert, Alan; Yoshino, Aiko

doi:10.1080/14729679.2010.532986

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“…The challenge posed by adventure activities lies not in defeating one's opponent, but in encountering, minimizing, and mastering physical risk through use of personal skills and competencies [49]. Related to this strand of research is the finding that the development of resilience has been identified as a benefit of adventure experiences that serves to buffer the impact of stressful life events [45,50].…”

Section: The Mental Toughness Approach: Integrating Risk Stress Resmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adventurous Physical Activity Environments: A Mainstream Intervention for Mental Health

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Adventurous physical activity has traditionally been considered the pastime of a small minority of people with deviant personalities or characteristics that compel them to voluntarily take great risks purely for the sake of thrills and excitement. An unintended consequence of these traditional narratives is the relative absence of adventure activities in mainstream health and well-being discourses and in large-scale governmental health initiatives. However, recent research has demonstrated that even the most extreme adventurous physical activities are linked to enhanced psychological health and well-being outcomes. These benefits go beyond traditional 'character building' concepts and emphasize more positive frameworks that rely on the development of effective environmental design. Based on emerging research, this paper demonstrates why adventurous physical activity should be considered a mainstream intervention for positive mental health. Furthermore, the authors argue that understanding how to design environments that effectively encourage appropriate adventure should be considered a serious addition to mainstream health and well-being discourse.3

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Section: The Mental Toughness Approach: Integrating Risk Stress Resmentioning

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Adventurous Physical Activity Environments: A Mainstream Intervention for Mental Health

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“…Some articles have outlined the impacts of learning experiences on particular aspects of well-being such as social connection or resilience (Ewert & Yoshino, 2011;Rowe & Stewart, 2011), while others have explored the benefits of specific teaching practices such as facilitation techniques, on student well-being (Adriansen & Madsen, 2013). Building upon these, and other promising examples, there is an opportunity to explore how course design and delivery can enhance student well-being and learning.…”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding Students’ Experiences of Well-Being in Learning Environments

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Zandvliet²,

Dhaliwal³

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With the recent release of a new international charter on health promoting universities and institutions of higher education, universities and colleges are increasingly interested in providing learning experiences that enhance and support student well-being. Despite the recognition of learning environments as a potential setting for creating and enhancing well-being, limited research has explored students' own perceptions of well-being in learning environments. This article provides a qualitative exploration of students' lived experiences of well-being in learning environments within a Canadian post-secondary context. A semi-structured focus group and interview protocol was used to explore students' own definitions and experiences of well-being in learning environments. The findings illuminate several pathways through which learning experiences contribute to student well-being, and offer insight into how courses may be designed and delivered in ways that enhance student well-being, learning and engagement. The findings also explore the interconnected nature of well-being, satisfaction and deep learning. The relevance for the design and delivery of higher education learning experiences are discussed, and the significance of the findings for university advancement decisions are considered.

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“…This level of challenge is widely advocated e.g. (Ewert & Yoshino, 2011) to encourage feelings of achievement and success. A number of the students provided example of how they 'surprised themselves' with what they achieved.…”

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“…Outdoor orientation programmes are thought enhance coping resources by building resilience (Ewert & Yoshino, 2011). Resilience can be understood as 'the capacity for maintenance, recovery or improvement in mental health following life challenges' (Ryff, Singer, Dienberg Love & Essex, 1998).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%