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A comparison of social, personal, and
physical development of males and females
exposed to a day camp environment.
Coren, B.E.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of New
Mexico, 1970.
Purpose:
Determine the effects of a six-week day
camp experience on the social-personal adjustment
and physical fitness levels of boys and
girls.
Sample:
Subjects: 118 males and females ages 9-12.
Camp Affiliation: Indian Springs Day Camp
in Chester Springs, PA.
Method/Instruments:
Design: non-randomized pre-test/post-test
design with control group.
Method:
- 48 subjects in experimental group (24
male, 24 female) attended a five-day/week,
six-week day camp. 70 subjects in control
group (35 male, 35 female) did not participate
in any organized program during the time
of the study.
- Camp program was a typical day camp
program. No special emphasis was given
to fitness development other than regular
camp activities (swimming, crafts, sports
activities, etc.). There was no description
of any activities designed specifically
to enhance social-personal development.
Instruments:
- California Test of Personality used
to measure social-personal adjustment
- AAHPERD Youth Fitness Test used to measure
physical fitness
Data Analysis: ANCOVA on mean gain scores.
Results:
- Campers experienced significantly greater
growth in social-personal adjustment and
physical fitness than did subjects in
the control group.
- Female campers showed significantly
greater growth in social-personal adjustment
and improvement in physical fitness than
control group females.
- Male campers showed significantly greater
improvement in physical fitness than control
group males, but no differences were found
on social-personal adjustment.
- No difference between male and female
campers on social-personal adjustment
growth or fitness.
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