Christian, David D.Brown, Cian L.Portie-Bethke, Torey L.2024-07-032024-07-032019-01-31Christian, D. D., Brown, C. L., Portrie-Bethke, T. L. (2019). Group climate and development in adventure therapy: An exploratory study. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 44(1), 25-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2018.1561776https://hdl.handle.net/11244/340460This study explored the group developmental process of Adventure Therapy (AT) conducted with 9th grade students (n = 20). Researchers measured avoidance, conflict, and cohesion and compared results from this study to the development of traditional counseling groups. Results suggested that AT groups follow a similar developmental process as traditional group counseling as evidenced by a statistically significant increase in cohesion, an increase then decrease in conflict, and a decrease in avoidance. This study is a response to a previous call for research related to AT group development. Implications for counselors, AT training programs, and future research are discussed.Adolescenceadventure therapygroup climategroup developmenttime series designArticlehttps://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2018.1561776