Blue care: A systematic review of blue space interventions for health and wellbeing

E Britton, G Kindermann, C Domegan… - Health promotion …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
There is increasing interest in the potential use of outdoor water environments, or blue
space, in the promotion of human health and wellbeing. However, therapeutic nature-based …

Benefits of outdoor sports for society. A systematic literature review and reflections on evidence

B Eigenschenk, A Thomann, M McClure… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The combination of physical activity and being in nature is recognized as providing a range
of significant benefits. The objective of this literature review was to compile an overview of …

Mental, physical and social health benefits of immersive nature-experience for children and adolescents: A systematic review and quality assessment of the evidence

L Mygind, E Kjeldsted, R Hartmeyer, E Mygind… - Health & place, 2019 - Elsevier
In this systematic review, we summarised and evaluated the evidence for benefits of
immersive nature-experience on children and adolescents' mental, physical and social …

Somewhere I belong: Long‐term increases in adolescents' resilience are predicted by perceived belonging to the in‐group

D Scarf, S Moradi, K McGaw, J Hewitt… - British Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study sought to examine the role of belonging in the increases in resilience observed
following an adventure education programme (AEP). First, we demonstrate that group …

A systematic review protocol to identify the key benefits and efficacy of nature-based learning in outdoor educational settings

J Mann, T Gray, S Truong, P Sahlberg… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Outdoor Learning in natural environments is a burgeoning approach in the educational
sector. However, the evidence-base of research has not kept pace with teacher perceptions …

The role of the school climate in high school students' mental health and identity formation: A South Australian study

H Riekie, JM Aldridge, E Afari - British Educational Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The well‐documented increase in student mental health issues in Australia and growing
recognition of the need for education to play a part in students' identity formation prompted …

Immersive nature-experiences as health promotion interventions for healthy, vulnerable, and sick populations? A systematic review and appraisal of controlled studies

L Mygind, E Kjeldsted, RD Hartmeyer… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In this systematic review, we summarized and evaluated the evidence for effects of, and
associations between, immersive nature-experience on mental, physical, and social health …

Measuring the unmeasurable: Upholding rigor in quantitative studies of personal and social development in outdoor adventure education

R Scrutton, S Beames - Journal of Experiential Education, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Outdoor adventure education (OAE) has a long history of being credited with the personal
and social development (PSD) of its participants. PSD is notoriously difficult to measure …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of outdoor education programs on adolescents' self-efficacy

BB Fang, FJH Lu, DL Gill, SH Liu… - … and motor skills, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
While prior research has generally found Outdoor Education Programs (OEPs) to be
beneficial to adolescents' self-efficacy, we sought to conduct a meta-analytic review of prior …

Coping strategies and the development of psychological resilience

JW Booth, JT Neill - Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2017 - Springer
This paper describes psychological theory about stress, coping, and psychological
resilience, and considers how coping strategies can help develop resilience in the context of …