Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of adventure education program in resident camp on general self-efficacy. Self-efficacy theory asserts that personal mastery expectations are the primary determinants of behavioral change (Bandura, 1977). According to Bandura, people derive their expectations for efficacy through the interaction of four sources of information: performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences (modeling), verbal persuasion, and emotional arousal. This study focused on sources of efficacy information. The subjects in this study involved 17 early adolescents ranged four to nine grade who participated in 14-days adventure education program. The data were collected using two types of instruments. General Self Efficacy (GSE) Scale, which was developed by Narita et al (1995), was administered three times before, immediately after, and one month after the program. The Sources of Efficacy Information (SET) Scale, developed by the author, was measured two times during and after the program.
The following results were obtained: 1) The participants showed significantly increase in GSE scores between before and one month after the program. 2) Both increased of GSE and total score of SEI were significantly correlated. In particular, it was shown that performance accomplishments and vicarious experiences of SEI were significantly correlated to increased of GSE.
