Wilderness Programs: Principles, Possibilities and Opportunities for Intervention with Dropout Adolescents

Romi, Shlomo; Kohan, Ezequiel

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“…Whether building a fire, cooking, setting up a tarp for shelter, or hiking, clients are frequently presented with tasks that require teamwork in order to be successful (Russell 1999). Romi and Kohan's (2004) study of WT highlights this: their findings suggest that one result of completing WT was a feeling of personal significance as evidenced by clients' reports of being an important part of a team.…”

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A Meta-analysis of Wilderness Therapy Outcomes for Private Pay Clients

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Wilderness therapy is becoming a more widely used intervention for adolescents, but there have not been any meta-analyses focused solely on its clinical effectiveness for private pay clients. This study's objective was to conduct outcome-based meta-analyses of private-pay wilderness therapy programs, benchmark primary features of this approach, and educate the clinical community as to its effectiveness. The authors conducted a review of all available databases, as well as manual searches. Searches resulted in a meta-analysis based on 36 studies, totaling 2399 participants receiving wilderness therapy. Our metaanalyses found medium effect sizes for all six constructs assessed: self-esteem (g = 0.49), locus of control (g = 0.55), behavioral observations (g = 0.75), personal effectiveness (g = 0.46), clinical measures (g = 0.50) and interpersonal measures (g = 0.54). Subgroup analyses included age of participants, duration of program, open or closed model, presence of a mental health practitioner, and publication year.

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Section: Wilderness Therapy Group Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Meta-analysis of Wilderness Therapy Outcomes for Private Pay Clients

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“…This racial homogeneity limits the generalizability of the findings. Future study using larger sample sizes should consider carefully the impact and delivery of treatment to minority clients, as important outcome studies of wilderness treatment neglected race of client or treatment staff as a factor in outcome (Romi and Kohan 2004;Russell 2003). Further, this study was only able to sample 74.4% of the study population: what were the attachment shifts in non-respondents to the study?…”

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Shifts in Attachment Relationships: A Study of Adolescents in Wilderness Treatment

Bettmann

Tucker

2011

Child Youth Care Forum

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This study examined shifts in adolescents' attachment relationships with parents and peers during a 7-week wilderness therapy program. Ninety-six adolescents, aged 14-17, completed three quantitative measurements evaluating attachment relationships with mother, father and peers pre and post treatment. Adolescents reported improved attachment relationships in terms of decreased anger and increased emotional connection towards parents. Results also showed adolescents' more troubled attachment relationships in terms of trust and communication with parents by the end of treatment. Adolescents reported similarly mixed results in both a positive and negative direction regarding peers. These findings indicate the complexity of parent-adolescent relationships particularly considered in the context of out-of-home care and point to the importance of continued exploration in this area.

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“…Russell (2001) asserts that wilderness therapy programs employ licensed therapists who are trained in the program's specialties, can create and tailor treatment plans, and help to manage aftercare services for clients. Romi and Kohan (2004) make the assertion that wilderness programs are:…”

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“…Bowlby noted that the attachment system is activated by "strangeness, fatigue, anything frightening and unavailability or unresponsiveness by attachment figure" (Bowlby 1980, p. 40). Wilderness therapy incorporates such elements (Berman and Davis-Berman 2000;Romi and Kohan 2004).…”

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Attachment-Based Clinical Work with Children and Adolescents

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Wilderness Programs: Principles, Possibilities and Opportunities for Intervention with Dropout Adolescents

Cited by 19 publications

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A Meta-analysis of Wilderness Therapy Outcomes for Private Pay Clients

A Meta-analysis of Wilderness Therapy Outcomes for Private Pay Clients

Shifts in Attachment Relationships: A Study of Adolescents in Wilderness Treatment

Attachment-Based Clinical Work with Children and Adolescents

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