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Effects of a developmental adventure on the self-esteem of college students

Paquette Linda, Brassard Audrey, Guérin Audrey, Fortin-Chevalier Justine et Tanguay-Beaudoin Laurence. (2014). Effects of a developmental adventure on the self-esteem of college students. Journal of Experiential Education, 37, (3), p. 216-231.

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This study examines the effects of outdoor developmental adventure programming (ODA) on college students’ self-esteem. Although some previous studies have shown that outdoor adventure programming has positive effects on self-esteem, others did not find any effect. A quasi-experimental study was conducted over 5 months, which included two pretests and two posttests to address some limitations of previous studies. A total of 84 participants completed the Questionnaire d’estime de soi hiérarchique, a questionnaire assessing self-esteem on four occasions. The experimental group (outdoor adventure; n = 32) was compared with the control groups (travel, n = 17; soccer, n = 35) using repeated measures of covariance analyses. Positive and significant increases were found for the athletic dimension of self-esteem and for global self-esteem for the experimental group (outdoor adventure) only. The increased benefits provided by the combination of adventure and sports in ODA, over sports-only or traveling-only interventions, underline the importance of developing ODA with college students.

Type de document:Article publié dans une revue avec comité d'évaluation
Volume:37
Numéro:3
Pages:p. 216-231
Version évaluée par les pairs:Non
Date:2014
Sujets:Sciences sociales et humaines > Sciences de l'éducation
Sciences sociales et humaines > Sciences sociales > Psychologie
Département, module, service et unité de recherche:Départements et modules > Département des sciences de la santé > Module de psychologie
Mots-clés:adventure programming, self-esteem, quasi-experimental design, youth development
Déposé le:22 sept. 2014 22:01
Dernière modification:25 nov. 2016 18:37
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