Summer Camp Attendance: Its Effect on Social Competence

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate college students and evaluate if attending summer camp as a child assists in the development of social competence. This was done by using the Self-Efficacy Scale, distributing it to a randomly selected group of participants through Qualtrics, as well as utilizing convenience sampling and inviting the Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation majors to participate. Of all individuals invited to participate, 48 individuals completed the survey in its entirety. A One-Way ANOVA was then used to analyze the data. The results of the analysis stated there are no significant differences in Self-Efficacy scores among college students who attended summer camp as a child and college students who did not attend summer camp as a child. Future research should consider studying a population closer in age to when attending summer camp, and a population that is not already socially competent.