TY - JOUR
T1 - Adventure, Etc.-A health-promotion program for chronically ill and disabled youth
AU - Kessell, Margaret
AU - Resnick, Michael D.
AU - Blum, Robert Wm
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this study came in part from BRSG SO7 05448, awarded by th e Biomedical Research Support Grant Program, Division of Research Resources, National Institute of Health, and MCJ000985, Bureau Of Maternal &Child Health, Division of Community Health Services, Department Of Health and Human Services.
PY - 1985/11
Y1 - 1985/11
N2 - Adolescents with a chronic illness or physical disability have a more difficult time separating from parents, achieving a sense of mastery, developing social skills among peers, and achieving a positive body-image than do able-bodied adolescents. To promote attainment of these developmental tasks, Adventure, Etc. was created as a wilderness/urban Outward Bound experience for chronically ill, physically disabled, and able-bodied teens. Preand posttesting and interviewing assessed locus of control, self-image, family environment, and family dynamics. Over a two-year period, 37 teens completed the program and were tested; 23 were chronically ill or disabled. The chronically ill/disabled group showed a significant increase in internal locus of control. No change was found in the able-bodied group. Both the able-bodied and the disabled/chronically ill groups showed a significant improvement in body image. Reported family conflict declined, as did family recreational involvement, while individual recreational activities among these adolescents increased. Based on these results, new follow-up activities for the parents and adolescents were initiated to further the gains of program participants.
AB - Adolescents with a chronic illness or physical disability have a more difficult time separating from parents, achieving a sense of mastery, developing social skills among peers, and achieving a positive body-image than do able-bodied adolescents. To promote attainment of these developmental tasks, Adventure, Etc. was created as a wilderness/urban Outward Bound experience for chronically ill, physically disabled, and able-bodied teens. Preand posttesting and interviewing assessed locus of control, self-image, family environment, and family dynamics. Over a two-year period, 37 teens completed the program and were tested; 23 were chronically ill or disabled. The chronically ill/disabled group showed a significant increase in internal locus of control. No change was found in the able-bodied group. Both the able-bodied and the disabled/chronically ill groups showed a significant improvement in body image. Reported family conflict declined, as did family recreational involvement, while individual recreational activities among these adolescents increased. Based on these results, new follow-up activities for the parents and adolescents were initiated to further the gains of program participants.
KW - Adventure, Etc.
KW - Developmental tasks
KW - Locus of control
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U2 - 10.1016/S0197-0070(85)80048-6
DO - 10.1016/S0197-0070(85)80048-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 2932415
AN - SCOPUS:0021932185
SN - 0197-0070
VL - 6
SP - 433
EP - 438
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health Care
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health Care
IS - 6
ER -