Student Experiences of an Adventure Therapy Mountain Bike Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Cian L.
dc.contributor.authorSmarinksy, Evan C.
dc.contributor.authorMcCarty, Danny L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-03T16:06:08Z
dc.date.available2024-07-03T16:06:08Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-13
dc.description.abstractA mountain bike program was designed and adapted for the school setting with middle school-aged students during 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Two mountain bike groups were offered to facilitate training and development of mountain bike knowledge and skills: one group with integrated Adventure Therapy components to facilitate a therapeutic process and the other group without a therapeutic debriefing process. Forty-one students participated in the program after being randomly assigned to one of two groups. An exploratory qualitative analysis revealed that the pandemic negatively impacted participants’ wellbeing and academics, leading to increased isolation and decreased motivation, while the mountain bike program increased their focus, competency, physical and mental wellbeing, and connection to the environment. It appears the mountain bike program served as a protective factor for participants. Implications for professionals and researchers are discussed.en_US
dc.description.notesThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning on July 13, 2022, available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/14729679.2022.2100430.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationBrown, C. L., Smarinsky, E. C., McCarty, D. L., & Christian, D. D., (2022). Student Experiences of an Adventure Therapy Mountain Bike Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2022.2100430en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2022.2100430en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/340455
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.subjectAdventure therapyen_US
dc.subjectEarly adolescenceen_US
dc.subjectmountain bikingen_US
dc.subjectqualitativeen_US
dc.subjectcase studyen_US
dc.titleStudent Experiences of an Adventure Therapy Mountain Bike Program During the COVID-19 Pandemicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ou.groupJeannine Rainbolt College of Education::Department of Educational Psychologyen_US

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