Adolescence is a period of development that is widely understood as a time of exploration,
experimentation and engagement with risk behaviours. Prevention and intervention with …

Summer camp is an important setting within the learning landscape of youth—a landscape
that also includes school, sports, arts and music, religious settings, home, and eventually …

Summer camps are a setting well-suited for social-emotional learning. Increasing evidence
supports this claim, yet little research has investigated the similarities and differences in the …

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which participation in structured
outdoor programs is associated with improvements in adolescent health and well-being …

The purpose of this study was to examine whether attending camp promotes college
readiness skills in camp alumni. A sample of 420 participants retrospectively reflected on …

Summer camp can be a developmental setting; however, little is known about camp's
developmental characteristics compared to other summertime settings. In this explanatory …

Introduction Personal resources and resources of the sociocultural environment help
children and adolescents to successfully cope with challenges in everyday life, which is …

For a multi-dimensional measure of positive youth development (PYD), its factor structure
should be invariant across groups and over time. This study examined the factorial validity of …

This study utilized data from a national longitudinal study of 277 early adolescent summer
camp participants to examine the iterative links between youths' experiences in two contexts …

Positive youth development programs such as those offered by Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
provide sources of support and opportunities for leadership and character development …