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Personality factors and their relationship
to adjustment in a camping situation.
Janus, S.
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New York
University, 1967.
Purpose:
Determine the relationship between personality
factors and adjustment to a resident camping
situation.
Sample:
Subjects: 94 female college students ages
18-20 enrolled in a college outdoor education
curriculum at New Jersey State College.
Camp Affiliation: New Jersey State School
of Conservation Camp at Stokes Forest.
Method/Instruments:
Camp Program: activity-oriented one-week
resident camp program. Activities were geared
toward outdoor living skills, nature and
environmental studies and conservation
Instruments:
- Edwards Personal Preference Scale -
measured preferences for order, autonomy,
and succorance.
- Barron's Ego Strength Scale
- Budner Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale
- Elias Family Opinion Survey
- Camp Adjustment Rating Scale and Personal
Rating of Camp Scale - developed by the
researcher and evaluated by a panel of
experts.
Design:
Pre-test on Edwards, Barron's, Budner, and
Elias instruments/ in-camp test after four
days on the Camp Adjustment Rating Scale
and Personal Rating of Camp Scale
Data Analysis:
- Pearson Product Moment Correlation
- Eta correlation coefficients and F test
of linearity
Results:
- Researcher concluded that generalized
ego strength, flexibility, and openness
to new experiences were the primary factors
affecting camp adjustment.
- Significant positive correlation between
ego strength and self-rating of adjustment
to camp.
- Significant negative correlation between
degree of "homeyness" measure
and self-rating of adjustment to camp,
indicating that subjects who did not have
great dependency on their families were
more likely to adjust well to new situations.
- Significant negative correlation between
the students' self-rating of autonomy
and adjustment to camp. The researcher
concluded that tendency to avoid situations
in which one is expected to conform does
not lead to positive adjustment to camp.
He further concluded that camp may be
perceived as impinging on the autonomous
individual's independence and personal
freedom.
- No significant relationship between
subject's self-rating of tolerance of
ambiguity and adjustment to camp.
- No significant relationship between
subject's self-rating of succorance and
adjustment to camp.
- The researcher concluded that peer-ratings
and self-ratings measured different dimensions
of adjustment (internal and external).
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