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Levels of Nature and Stress Response by Ewert, Alan, Chang, Yun

“…A growing number of studies have shown that visiting green spaces and being exposed to natural environments can reduce psychological stress. A number of…”
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Human Health and Outdoor Adventure Recreation: Perceived Health Outcomes by Ryan Zwart, Alan Ewert

“…Forests and similar types of landscapes offer a myriad of outcomes and benefits often associated with participation in outdoor adventure recreation (OAR)…”
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After the Plague: Revisiting Experiential and Adventure Education Outcome Variables After Covid-19 by Ewert, Alan, Davidson, Curt

“…Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way the world works and experiential and adventure education programs are no exception. These changes have…”
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Underlying Motives for Selected Adventure Recreation Activities: The Case for Eudaimonics and Hedonics by Ewert, Alan, Zwart, Ryan, Davidson, Curt

“…One of the interesting behaviors practiced by citizens across the globe is the pursuit of outdoor recreational activities featuring elements of personal risk…”
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Early-Life Outdoor Experiences and an Individual's Environmental Attitudes by EWERT, ALAN, PLACE, GREG, SIBTHORP, JIM

“…This study investigated the effects of early-life experiences on an individual's environmental beliefs. Data from a survey of 533 university undergraduate…”
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Outdoor Adventure and Experiential Education and COVID-19: What Have We Learned? by Leonard, Aaron M., Ewert, Alan W., Lieberman-Raridon, Kodiak, Mitten, Denise, Rabinowitz, Erik, Deringer, S. Anthony, Schwartz, Forrest, Smith, Steve, Norton, Christine L., Regentin, John, Bagley, Sherry, Anderson, Ileana

“…Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) now known as COVID-19 changed the world and the outdoor adventure and experiential…”
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Exploring Mental Health Outcome Variables in Outdoor Adventure and Experiential Education by Davidson, Curt, Ewert, Alan

“…Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many facets of outdoor adventure and experiential education (OAEE) programs. Using past literature, four…”
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College Students' Knowledge and Perceptions of Tourism Climate Change Impacts: Do Major, Grade and Gender Matter? by Zhao, Haoai, Ewert, Alan

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the level of understanding and perceptions of climate change using the variables of major, gender, and class level…”
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College Student Commitment and Outdoor Orientation Programming by Davidson, Curt, Ewert, Alan

“…Background: Increasingly colleges and universities are utilizing Outdoor Orientation Programs (OOPs) to help incoming students assimilate into college life…”
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By land or sea: Exploring motivations for outdoor adventure activities in a college student population by Davidson, Curt, Ewert, Alan, Zwart, Ryan

“…Over the past several decades outdoor adventure recreation programs (OARPs) have seen an increase in popularity on university campuses across the country. This…”
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The influence of short-term adventure-based experiences on levels of resilience by Ewert, Alan, Yoshino, Aiko

“…This exploratory study investigated the impact of participation in a three-week adventure education (AE) expedition upon levels of resilience of university…”
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Understanding the motivations of serious leisure participation: a self-determination approach by Lee, KoFan, Ewert, Alan

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between serious leisure (SL) and quality of motivation, in line with self-determination theory (SDT)…”
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Experienced and Inexperienced Staff: Exploring the Differences by Ewert, Alan, Davidson, Curt, Direnzo, Amy, Frankel, Jon

“…Background: The outdoor industry has experienced a number of problematic issues, one of the most prominent being staffing concerns related to hiring,…”
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comparison of urban-proximate and urban-distant wilderness users on selected variables by Ewert, A.W

“…/ The underlying premise of this study is that wilderness areas attract visitors desiring or expecting different wilderness experiences. In this study,…”
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Psychological Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth: An Exploratory Analysis by Ewert, Alan, Tessneer, Sharon

“…Background: Epidemiological studies indicate that a majority of the U.S. population has been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their lives. In…”
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Stability of motivations and risk attractiveness: The adventure recreation experience by Gilbertson, Ken, Ewert, Alan

“…Since 2009, participation rates for adventure recreation that involve elements of risk have increased over 25 per cent. Using the independent variables of…”
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Editorial by Ewert, Alan

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Editorial by Ewert, Alan

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The impact of short-term adventure-based outdoor programs on college students' stress reduction by Chang, Yun, Davidson, Curt, Conklin, Seann, Ewert, Alan

“…This study examines the effect of short-term adventure-based outdoor programs (AOP) on reducing college students' stress levels. The effects of sex and…”
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Creating Outcomes through Experiential Education: The Challenge of Confounding Variables by Ewert, Alan, Sibthorp, Jim

“…There is an increasing interest in the field of experiential education to move beyond simply documenting the value of experiential education programs and,…”
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