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The counselors' concept map produced eight distinct clusters: Traditional Camp Content and Fun, Experiential Learning, Character Building, Behavior Changing Environment, Personal Transformation, Fun Escape, Conditions for a Safe and Welcoming Environment, and Interpersonal Growth and Self-Acceptance. The top and bottom quartiles of counselor importance ratings and camper importance ratings (obtained from Dipeolu et al., 2015) were compared. Results found a number of similarities and a few differences in perceptions between counselors and campers regarding perceptions of why a child should attend camp. Study limitations include the use of archival data, counselors rating ideas determined by campers, and generalizability due to small sample size. Implications for future research suggest that counselors’ perceptions should be considered an important aspect of evaluating the therapeutic camping experience as a whole.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. Please include the item's persistent URL [http://hdl.handle.net/. . .] in your request.**"]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Concept Mapping Analysis of Camp Counselors' Perceptions of the Campers' Therapeutic Experience"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Janikowski, Timothy","Counseling, School and Educational Psychology"],"dc:creator":["Terry, Molly; 0000-0002-1102-365X"],"dc:date":["2022-06-21T15:47:00Z","2020"],"dc:description":["Ph.D.","There is very little research that explores the perceptions of therapeutic camp counselors. Through the use of concept mapping, this study begins to fill this research gap by examining archival data of 81 therapeutic camp counselors. Counselors were asked to sort and rate 100 unique camper generated ideas regarding the benefits of attending camp. Counselors' sorting and rating data were collected along with the campers' sorting and rating data as described in previous concept mapping works by Dipeolu et al. (2016) and Lee et al. (2015). The counselors' concept map produced eight distinct clusters: Traditional Camp Content and Fun, Experiential Learning, Character Building, Behavior Changing Environment, Personal Transformation, Fun Escape, Conditions for a Safe and Welcoming Environment, and Interpersonal Growth and Self-Acceptance. The top and bottom quartiles of counselor importance ratings and camper importance ratings (obtained from Dipeolu et al., 2015) were compared. Results found a number of similarities and a few differences in perceptions between counselors and campers regarding perceptions of why a child should attend camp. Study limitations include the use of archival data, counselors rating ideas determined by campers, and generalizability due to small sample size. Implications for future research suggest that counselors’ perceptions should be considered an important aspect of evaluating the therapeutic camping experience as a whole.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. 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