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An Adventure Therapy Mountain Bike Program For Middle School Students: A Pilot Study, Cian L. Brown
An Adventure Therapy Mountain Bike Program For Middle School Students: A Pilot Study, Cian L. Brown
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Adolescence is a time of significant physical, mental, emotional, and social development marked by numerous transitions and challenges. Middle school is one of the earliest and perhaps first times of significant social and physical transition that impacts early adolescent development. As a result, schools are becoming a primary care setting for children and families to identify and address mental health needs. However, only 2% of school mental health services are provided by licensed professionals. Therefore, schools and service providers continue to seek out comprehensive modalities that can efficiently provide preventative and responsive interventions to students beyond individual and school counseling …
The Meaning Of Play For Adults From A Reversal Theory Perspective, Linda Lane
The Meaning Of Play For Adults From A Reversal Theory Perspective, Linda Lane
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Play is important to adults' mental creativity and happiness (Marano, 1999), and stress reduction (Apter, 2009a; Baptiste, 1995). Yet play may be considered as trivial behavior that is not appropriate for the adult population. The purpose of the study was to examine how adults describe the concept of play and to determine whether this description reflects their dominant metamotivational state. According to reversal theory, these states are the frames of mind that characterize an individual's motivation at any given point in time (Apter, 1982). An individual tends to be in a more playful (paratelic) state or serious-minded (telic) state depending …