Bibliographies of Camp-related Research
Choose bibliography topic from the list below. All topics are in MS Word format (some updating in process).
- Youth Development [1]
- Bullying [2]
- Camp-Based Research Articles [3]
- Camp Theses [4](archived-older)
- Disability - Therapeutic Camps [5] (also annotated bib [6]) (updated September, 2012)
- Environmental Education [7]
- Program Quality and Staffing Practices [8] (New 2013)
- Spirituality [9]
- Staff Training [10]
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Anshel, M. H., Muller, D. & Owens, V.L.
Effect of a Sports Camp Experience on the Multidimensional Self-Concepts of Boys [13]
Ardell, D.B.
High-Level Wellness at Camp [14]
Baker, Lester James
Impact of the Onset of Puberty on Self Image and Behavior [15]
Belknap, Richards, and Belknap
Parental feedback in the evaluation of a camp for disadvantages children: The Camp Limberlost project. [16]
Brandt, G., Maschoff, T., & Chandler, N.S.
A Residential Camp Experience as an Approach to Adolescent Weight Management [17]
Bredemeier, B.J., Weiss, M.R., Shields, D.L., & Shewchuck, R.M.
Promoting Moral Growth in a Summer Sport Camp: The Implementation of Theoretically Grounded Instructional Strategies [18]
Bultena, G.L.
Impacts of Wilderness Camping on Youth's Self-conceptions: An Interactionist Perspective [19]
Butterfield, G.B. and Woods, R.
Self Actualization and Improvement in Tennis Skills at Summer Camps for Adolescents [20]
Carlson, J.E. and Baumgartner, D.
The Effects of Natural Resource Camps on Youths [21]
Carlson, M.K.
A Study of the Influence of a Resident Outdoor Education Experience on Intermediate Level Children's Perceptions of Peers and Perceptions of the Out-of-Doors [22]
Chenery, Mary Faeth
Psychological and Situational Variables in the Summer Camp Setting [23]
Chenery, M.F.
A Sampler of Qualitative Research in Organized Camping [24]
Chenery, M.F.
Effects of Summer Camp on Child Development and Contributions of Counselors to Those Effects [25]
Chesner, Stuart Perry.
Children's Cognitions Pertaining to Developmental Issues and Adjustment at Summer Camp [26]
Coons, E.M.
A Two-week Resident Camp Offering the Primary Objective of Predetermined Attitude Change for Early Adolescents [27]
Coren, B.E.
A Comparison of Social, Personal, and Physical Development of Males and Females Exposed to a Day Camp Environment [28]
Cowin, L.
Programming and self-concept: How Does What You Do Affect How They Feel About Themselves? [29]
Cox, James C. -Editor.
Proceedings of a Symposium on Year-Round School [30]
Crompton, J.L. and Sellar, S.
Do Outdoor Education Experiences Contribute to Positive Development in the Affective Domain [31]
Crume, C. and Lang, G.
An Analysis of the Camp Wallace, Camp Currie, and Camp Webb Studies: The Dimensions of Self-concept and Wilderness Anxiety Among Fifth and Sixth Grade Campers Attending a Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Camp [32]
Dana, R.H. and Cocking, R.R.
The Effects of Summer Camp Experience on Male Adolescent Diabetics [33]
Davidson, M.
Changes in self-concepts and sociometric status of fifth and sixth grade children as a result of two different school curricula [34]
Davis, K.C.
Enhancing Life Options for Low Income African-American Children [35]
Dickerson, Laverne Thornton.
The Relationship of the Youth Conservation Corps Experience to Selected Dimensions of Adolescents' Self-Concept [36]
Dickey, M.R.
Efficacy of a Summer Day Camp Program Intervention on Social Skills [37]
Dilley, Allen Lyle.
The Effect of Summer Band Camp Experience on Selected Aspects of Musical Competency [38]
Dorian, A.E., & Chambliss, C.
The Effects of Camp Experience on Self Esteem [39]
Dreikurs, S.G.
Psychological Techniques Applied in a Group Situation: An Experiment in Group Work [40]
Dresner, M., & Gill, M.
Environmental Education at Summer Nature Camp [41]
Duke, M., and others.
Effects of Sports Fitness Camp Experience on Locus of Control Orientation in Children, Ages 6-14 [42]
Edwards, Cynthia Allen.
Leadership, Social Networks and Personal Attributes in School Age Girls [43]
Elicker, James Gerald.
Individual Differences in Thinking About Self and Peers in Preadolescence [44]
Englund, Michelle Marie.
The Contribution of Family and Peer Relationships to the Development of Social Competence in Adolescence [45]
Evans, F.F.
The effects of a summer camp arithmetic enrichment program [46]
Evans, Piromrak Karnsaway.
Self Esteem of Young Children in a Camp Situation [47]
Feldman, R.A.
An Experimental Study of Conformity Behavior as a Small Group Phenomenon [48]
Feldman, R.A., Wodarski, J.S., and Flax, N.
Antisocial Children in a Summer Camp Environment: A Time-Sampling Study [49]
Fichman, L., Koestner, R., & Zuroff, D.G.
Dependency and Distress at Summer Camp [50]
Finch, J.G.
Attitudes of Children Without Disabilities Toward Peers with Disabilities: The Effect of Contact in a Summer Camp Program [51]
Fletcher, S.A.
A Comparison of Affective Changes Between Economically Disadvantages and Advantaged Sixth Graders at a Resident Outdoor Program [52]
Flynn, T.M., & Beasleym J.
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Competition on the Self-Concept [53]
Fry, Lincoln Jacob.
An Evaluation of Mississippi State University's Summer Scholar Program [54]
Gans, Cheryl F.
Spirituality in Organized Camping [55]
Gerrard, J., & Heins, T.
Evaluating Summer Camps 1979: Problems of Measuring Behavior Change in Children [56]
Gillis, H.L. and Thomsen, D.
A Research Update of Adventure Therapy (1992-1995): Challenge activities and ropes courses, Wilderness expeditions, and residential camping programs. [57]
Grayson, Randall C.
Self Esteem Change and a Summer Camp Experience [58]
Gruber, B.K.
The Effects of Integrated Summer Day Camp Programs on Children Without Disabilities [59]
Hanna, N.A., & Berndt, T.
Relations Between Friendship, Group Acceptance, and Evaluations of Summer Camp [60]
Hanna, Nancy Arlene.
Predictors of Peer Relationships and Adaption to Summer Camp [61]
Hazelworth, M.S., Wilson, B.E.
The Effects of an Outdoor Adventure Camp Experience on Self-Concept [62]
Hilborn, Lisa L.
The Effects of a Self-Management Asthma Education Program and a Physical Activity Asthma Program on the Self-Concept Level of 8-12 year old Children with Asthma [63]
Hollenbeck, I.E.
A Report of an Oregon School Camp with Program Emphasis Upon Outdoor Science Experiences [64]
Holmes, R.M.
A Summer Day Camp to Develop Cultural Esteem in Youth and Staff [65]
Hourcade, J.
Effects of a Summer Camp Program on Self-Concept of Mentally Retarded Young Adults [32]
Hughes, H.M.
Behavior Change in Children at a Therapeutic Summer Camp as a Function of Feedback Plus Individual and Group Contingencies [66]
Hung, D.W. and Thelander, M J.
Summer camp treatment program for autistic children [67]
Hunt, Burl.
An Analysis of the Influence of Summer Camp Experiences in Developing or Changing Certain Behavior Patterns of Secondary School Pupils [68]
Huston, A.C., Carpenter, C.J., Atwater, J.B., & Johnson, L.M.
Gender, Adult Structuring of Activities and Social Behavior in Middle Childhood [69]
Hwalek, Melanie and Margaret E. Minnick.
Girls, Families and Communities Grow Through Girl Scouting [70]
Iada, M., Imura, H., & van der Smissen, B.
The Impact of Short-Term Adventure Camp on Self-Concept and Anxiety in Japanese Early Adolescents [71]
Janus, S.
Personality Factors and Their Relationship to Adjustment in a Camping Situation. [72]
Keller, H. R., et-al.
Interrelationships Among Decentering and Behavioral Ratings in a Therapeutic Camp Setting [73]
Kishton, J.M., & Dixon, A.C.
Self Perception Changes Among Sports Camp Participants [74]
Konle, M.C. The Effects of a Short-term Reading Study Program Involving Some Camp-style Living on Reading Achievement, Self-concept, and Attitudes Toward Reading [75]
Kranzer, H.C.
Effects of School Camping on Selected Aspects of Pupil Behavior - - An Experimental Study [76]
Krieger, W.
The Effects of An Organized Camping Experience on Self-concept Change in Relation to Three Variables: Age, Sex, and Observable Behavior Change. [77]
Kurtz, G. Brian.
Personality Enhancement and the Summer Camp Experience [78]
Larson, B.A.
An Examination of the Effects of Participation in an Adventure Camp Program on the Self-concept of Adolescents with Behavioral Problems [79]
Leffert, Nancy and Rabbi Hayim Herring.
Shema: Listening to Jewish Youth [80]
Lutkemeier, D.M.
Self Concept Change Among Adolescents with Myelomeningocele in Response to a Summer Camp Experience [81]
Marks, R.J.
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Group Camping Experiences on Change of Self-concept for Campers with Professional and Non-professional leaders [82]
Marsh, Paul E.
What Does Camp Do For Kids?: A Meta-Analysis of the Organized Camping Experience on the Self Constructs of Youth [83]
McAvoy, Leo H. et al -Editors.
Coalition for Education in the Outdoors Third Research Symposium Proceedings [84]
McDonough, H., and others.
Camping and its Relationship to Other Social Institutions in the Future [85]
Minoru, I.
Independence of Japanese Kindergarten Children Associated with a Five-day Resident Camp [86]
Montgomery, W.H.
A Comparative Study of Children in a Summer Day Camp for Sensory Motor Development [87]
Motsiff, P.J.
The Effect of a Specialized Summer Camp on the Self-concept of Children Living with a Chronic Illness [88]
Myers, C.S.
Encouraging the Dancing Eyes of Children [89]
Myers, Carol Smith.
The Influence of the Tent Counselor on the Creativity of Children in a Residential Camp [90]
Myers, Judith Lay.
The Association Between Leadership Components of the Resident Camp Experience and Camper Development in Self-Concept, Interpersonal Affect, and Environmental Attitude [91]
Nielson, B.
An Attempt to Make a Difference: Overlooked Disadvantaged Gifted Appalachian Children [92]
Oakley, L.E.
Camp Lotsafun: A Pre and Post Evaluation of Mentally Handicapped Citizens as a Function of an Enriched Summer Camp Experience [93]
O'Halloran, Paul David.
Social Skills Intervention in a Residential Summer Camp Setting for Children with Learning Disabilities [94]
Parker, J.G., & Seal, J.
Forming, Losing, Renewing, and Replacing Friendships: Applying Temporal Parameters to the Assessment of Children's Friendship Experience [95]
Pohl, R.E.
An Examination of Severely Retarded Children's Behavior at Two Different Residential Settings. [96]
Portnoy, Edmund Hillel.
The Relationship of Psychological Type to the Sociometric Choices of Junior High Students Involved in a Leadership Camp [97]
Portnoy, S., Halpern, P.D., & Linblad, M.
A Comprehensive Cognitively and Affectively Enriched Summer Day Camp for Inner-City Children [98]
Presbyterian Panel.
Christian Education and Nurture: The August 1992 Presbyterian Panel [99]
Rawson, H.E. and McIntosh, D.
Does Camping Really Lead to Changes in Self-Esteem? [100]
Ritter, D. and Mock, T.
Carryover Effects of a Summer Therapeutic Daycamp Program on Children's Classroom Behavior: A One-year Follow-up [101]
Rohrbacher, Richard.
The Influence of a Special Camp Program for Obese Boys on Weight Loss, Self Concept and Body Image [102]
Rosen, Elliott Joseph.
Tikvah: A Special Program of Integrated Summer Camping and its Effects Upon Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents and Their Normal Peers [103]
Ross, D.M. and Driver, B.L.
Benefits of Residential and Nonresidential Youth Summer Camps [104]
Rubinstein, Ruth Peles.
A Comparison of Self Esteem, Anxiety and Use of Health Services in Two Social Environments [105]
Rubinstein, R.P.
Changes in Self-Esteem and Anxiety in Competitive and Noncompetitive Camps [106]
Santos-Ortiz, Maria del Carmen.
Impact of the Verna Summer Camp on the State-Trait Anxiety, Asthma Knowledge and Self Concept in a Group of Puerto Rican Asthmatic Children [107]
Senior, B.E.
A Sociometric Study of Children of Different Socioeconomic Levels in an Interracial, Interreligious Camp [108]
Shaw, M.J.
The Educational Effectiveness of the Traveling School Camp [110]
Sherman, Barbara Springs.
An Investigation into the Relationship Between Role Taking and Aggression in Elementary School Age Children [111]
Sheskin, Ira M.
The Blue Star Impact: Evaluating 50 Years of Blue Star's Mission [112]
Skipper, K.C.
A Comprehensive Evaluation of a Therapeutic Camping Intervention For Emotionally Disturbed Boys [113]
Southam, M., Kirkley, B., Murchison, A., and Berkowitz, R.
A Summer Day Camp Approach to Adolescent Weight Loss [114]
Steel, David Townsend.
The Effects of Physical Skills and Academic Self Concepts on General Self Concept and Academic Achievement in a Summer Camp Environment [115]
Strickland, M. A.
The Use of the Residential Summer Camp for Promoting Responsible Environmental Behavior Through Environmental Education. [116]
Thomases, D., Larson, C, and Powers, J.
Impact of a Preschool Residential Camp Program on School Readiness Skills [32]
Ulrey, G.L.
Effects of an Outdoor Educational Experience on Children's Locus of Control and Performance on Physical Tasks [117]
Unkovic, C.M., Brown, W.R., & Mierswa, C.G.
Counterattack on Juvenile Delinquency: A Configurational Approach [118]
Ward, Dover, Porter, and Schumaker.
Carryover effects of a summer therapeutic daycamp program on children's classroom behavior: A one-year follow-up [119]
Warder, Donald Scott.
Self Concepts and Activity Preference of Participants of Seven Organized Summer Outdoor Residential Camps [120]
Wealand, C. William.
Camper Attitude Assessment: An Evaluation of Outdoor Ministries [121]
Weatherly, Mark Givens.
The Opinions of Parents Regarding the Change in Attitudes, Concepts, and Personal Adjustment of Their Sons Through Personal Counseling at Summer Camps [122]
Wodarski, J.S.
A Comparison of Behavioral Consistency of Anti-Social and Pro-Social Children in Different Contexts [123]
Wright, A.
The Effects of High Adventure Activities on Adolescent Self-concept [124]
Yellott, A.W.
Two Preventively Oriented Summer Day-camp Programs: Effects on children and high school counselors [125]
Zaccone, P.R.
The Efficacy of Physical Activity Programs for Overweight Pre-adults at Specialized Camps [126]
Zorumski, C.H.
The Effects of Self-care Training on the Self-concept, Self-care, and Metabolic Control of Diabetic Children [127]