Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to assess the impact of perceived risk from high elements in a challenge course on group cohesion. Participants who have not participated in a challenge course will be selected from a First Year Experience cohort at a California State University (n=100). Six randomly selected teams of 12 to 17 people will participate in three and a half hour challenge course programs. Half of the groups completed only low elements, while the other half completed a combination of low and high elements. A pre, mid, and post test of the Group Cohesion Evaluation Questionnaire was administered. A One-way ANOVA between groups was performed to find statistical differences. It is hypothesized that participants will feel an increase in group cohesion as a result of perceived risk from high elements as opposed to those who participate in low elements only and do not feel perceived risk.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MS in Agriculture - Recreation, Parks and Tourism Management
- Year dc:date.available
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Soares, Ryan R
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Jeffrey Jacobs
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.15368/theses.2010.168
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-1426