Japan Outdoor Education Journal
Online ISSN : 1884-4677
Print ISSN : 1343-9634
ISSN-L : 1343-9634
The Power of Camp Counselor and its Power Resources
Satoshi TADAMinoru IIDA
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1998 Volume 1 Issue 2 Pages 1-11

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the power resources of camp counselor. The subjects were 49 (26 boys and 23 girls) campers in the fifth to twelfth grade. The questionaire containing 36 items was used to measure counselor's Dower by ratinu in 5-noint scales.
The results were summarized as follows:
1) Five power resources were obtained acceptance, legitimacy, expert-reference, physical appearance and oppression.
2) Campers strongly perceived acceptance, legitimacy and expert-reference while physical appearance was moderate and oppression was weakest.
3) Appearance and oppression became to be perceived weak and expert-reference was became strongly through the camp activities and relationships with the counselors.
4) Campers strongly perceived the female counselor's acceptance and expert-reference more than male counselor in first day, but its difference was closer through camp activities. Physical appearance was always perceived strongly for female counselor.
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