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A Gestalt Oriented Phenomenological and Participatory Study of the Transformative Process of Adolescent Participants Following Wilderness Centered Rites of Passage

Roth, Adam Harold

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education, Cleveland State University, College of Education and Human Services.
This dissertation, addresses intervention and phenomenological and participatory research methodology, through a lens of Gestalt Therapy Theory. The intervention, a wilderness-centered rites of passage, included experiential components of: (1) emersion in nature, (2) nature-based activities and challenges, (3) alone time in wilderness, (4) exposure to nature-based archetypes, elementals, and folklore, and (5) participation in community that supports connection through in ritual, ceremony, dialogue, and reflection. The participants included three early adolescent males and one adult male, a parent-participant. Data collection methods included participant observation, journal entries, photo documentation, photo elicited interviews, processing groups, and field notes. A multiple case narrative format, each focusing on a program activity component, was utilized to present data and findings representing the transformative process of the participants.
Sarah Toman, PhD (Committee Chair)
James Carl, PhD (Committee Member)
Ann Bauer, PhD (Committee Member)
Kathryn MacCluskie, PhD (Committee Member)
Lynn Williams, PhD (Committee Member)
211 p.

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  • Roth, A. H. (2010). A Gestalt Oriented Phenomenological and Participatory Study of the Transformative Process of Adolescent Participants Following Wilderness Centered Rites of Passage [Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1273163917

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Roth, Adam. A Gestalt Oriented Phenomenological and Participatory Study of the Transformative Process of Adolescent Participants Following Wilderness Centered Rites of Passage. 2010. Cleveland State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1273163917.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Roth, Adam. "A Gestalt Oriented Phenomenological and Participatory Study of the Transformative Process of Adolescent Participants Following Wilderness Centered Rites of Passage." Doctoral dissertation, Cleveland State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1273163917

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)