キャンプの構成要素が青少年に対するキャンプ効果に及ぼす影響

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The purpose of the study was to identify the camp components influencing on camp outcomes for youth development. At the first phase of this study, more than 3,971 affiliate members who hold the camp director certification of National Camp Association of Japan were asked to participant in this study. The subjects were selected based on the following criteria; _1） the course was directed by person with the certification of NCAJ, _2） the course was scheduled from July 20 to Aug 31 in 2007, _3） the age range for participants was from 8 to 18 years old, _4） the length of course was more than three-day, and _5） the number of participants was more than ten. As the result, 1590 campers from 55 courses, who completed the research procedure, were subjects in this study. The Camp Outcome Scale based on 2002 and 2003 national survey of American Camping Association was administered before and after the course for campers. On the other hands, in order to identify the camp components for camp outcomes, the Camp Factor Scale included the questions about program types, living and natural environment, and camper and staff management was administrated to camp directors after the course. The samples showed the demographic features such as less than seven-day, about thirty campers aged 8-11, and operation by non-profit organization on the average, and demonstrated the significant increase of camp outcome after the course totally. The result suggested the benefit of camp factors such as environmental concern, appropriately primitive setting, about thirty-camper unit, and plenty of staff ratios of one to three on youth camp outcome.