The effects of a short term therapeutic camping experience on raising the self-concept of drug abusing delinquent adolescents

Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-76)The effects of a short term therapeutic camping experience on raising the\ud Self-concept of drug abusing delinquent adolescents as measured by the Piers-Harris\ud Children's Self-Concept Scale was investigated. Forty adolescent\ud residents of Pride House, a drug-free treatment facility, participated in the\ud study. The subjects were divided into four equal groups: two same sexed\ud experimental groups and two same sexed control groups. The experimental\ud groups participated in a short term camping experience and the control group\ud remained at Pride House. Both groups were administered Piers-Harris Children's\ud Self-Concept Scale prior to and following the camping trips. It was\ud hypothesized that there would be a significant difference in the self-concept of\ud drug abusing delinquent adolescents who participate in a short-term therapeutic \ud camping experience compared to a control group of peers. The data was\ud treated using a one-way analysis of variance. A significant difference in the\ud total self-concept scores of the males who participated in a short term camping\ud experience was found, when compared to the control groups of their peers, but\ud not for the females. There was no significant difference in the self-concept\ud cluster scores of Physical Appearance and Attributes and Happiness and\ud Satisfaction for either males or females who participated in a short term\ud camping experience when compared to a control group of their peers