The Effects of Adolescent Women’s Wilderness Therapy Programs and Changed Attitudes Toward Teen Dating Violence
A research study explores the impact of a wilderness therapy program and dating violence. The study interviewed and surveyed eleven adolescent women at an established all-female wilderness program exploring the attitudes toward teen dating violence, definitions of dating violence, previous exposure to dating violence, and changes in attitude attributed to their time at the wilderness therapy program.
The results revealed:
- Teen program participants’ understandings of dating violence were fairly well aligned with common definitions except when defining sexual abuse
- Adolescent women program participants’ overall do not accept dating violence
- The teen program participants’ experience at the wilderness therapy program increased their feelings of self-efficacy, recognition of prior experiences with dating violence, and belief that they had the ability to make choices in their dating relationships
Link to the study: Exploring the Influence of a Wilderness Therapy Program on Reported Emotions and Attitudes about Teen Dating Violence
By Nicky Blanchard, Masters in Public Administration- Capstone Project, University of Colorado at Denver, October 12, 2007
Projects on Teen Dating Violence:
Love Is Not Abuse
Tween/Teen Dating Relationships Survey 2008
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