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The Impact of Short-Term Adventure Camp
on Self-Concept and Anxiety in Japanese
Early Adolescents
Iada, M., Imura, H., & van der Smissen,
B.
Bulletin of the Institute of Health and
Sports Sciences,
University of Tsukuba, 9 (1986) 91-101
Purpose:
Examine the effects of adventure programming
on the self-concept of early adolescents.
Sample:
155 children (114 males, 41 females) in
6th through 8th grade
who voluntarily participated in an 8-day
adventure camp experience with the main
activity being a 3-day mountain climb. Subjects
came from the Tokyo metropolitan area from
mainly middle class families.
Methods/Instruments:
Children's Self-Actualization Scale (CSAS),
State Anxiety Inventory (SAI),
State Anxiety Inventory for Children (SAIC).
Pre-, Post-test for 8 day total camp experience.
Pre-, Post-test for 3-day mountain climb
experience.
Results:
- Significant positive change in self-concept.
- Significant positive change in achievement
motivation and self-effort.
- Significant change in overall self-concept
and achievement motivation in female subjects.
- No significant change in self-concept
or sub areas for male subjects.
- Subjects who had a great reduction of
anxiety levels had greater improvement
in self-effort than subjects with low
reduction of anxiety levels.
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