ERIC Number: EJ1050418
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1472-9679
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Enhancing Resilience in Youth through a 10-Day Developmental Voyage
Hayhurst, Jill; Hunter, John A.; Kafka, Sarah; Boyes, Mike
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, v15 n1 p40-52 2015
The present study sought to examine the potential for resilience to be enhanced in a group of youth participating in a developmental voyage, and to identify the factors that contribute to increased resilience following the voyage. Two studies are reported. Study 1 revealed that voyage participants experienced increased resilience over the course of the voyage. Study 2 sought to replicate and extend these findings by assessing the extent to which increased resilience was maintained five months following the voyage and was associated with other psychosocial variables (i.e. self-esteem, social effectiveness, self-efficacy, belonging, social support and perceived weather). The findings revealed that increased resilience was maintained five months following the voyage. A regression revealed that the predictors explained 37% of the variance in increased resilience. Increased social effectiveness, self-efficacy and less positive perceptions of the weather were the only variables to make unique contributions.
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Youth Programs, Adventure Education, Performance Factors, Followup Studies, Capacity Building, Self Esteem, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Regression (Statistics), Undergraduate Students, Measures (Individuals), Trainees, Correlation, Individual Development, Weather, Social Support Groups, Interpersonal Competence, Participant Satisfaction, Aquatic Sports, Social Cognition, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Maintenance, High School Students, Questionnaires, Developmental Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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