Article ID: 2026_0001
This study conducted a survey targeting participants in nature-based experiential activities as part of a single-parent family support program. It aimed to investigate whether nature-based experiential activities effectively foster children’s self-esteem and mothers’ parenting resilience and whether the effects differ between single-parent and two-parent families. The survey included children who participated in nature-based experiential activities in 2023 and their guardians, as well as children who did not participate as the control group. Both were classified as single-parent and two-parent families. The effects of nature-based experiential activities and differences according to family structure were determined using a three-factor analysis of variance (group [nature experience group vs. control group] × time [pre vs. post] × family structure [single-parent vs. two-parent family]). Factors whose normality could not be assumed were analyzed using nonparametric tests. Additionally, the correlation between parenting resilience and children’s self-esteem was also analyzed. Results showed the following: 1) nature-based experiential activities improved children’s self-esteem and mothers’ parenting resilience, 2) effects on the “self-evaluation and self-acceptance” factor were greater in children from single-parent families, 3) effects on the “social support” factors were greater in mothers from single-parent families, and 4) mothers’ parenting resilience positively correlated with children’s self-esteem.
