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A Gestalt Oriented Phenomenological and Participatory Study of the Transformative Process of Adolescent Participants Following Wilderness Centered Rites of Passage
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Roth, Adam Harold
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1273163917
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Year and Degree
2010, Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education, Cleveland State University, College of Education and Human Services.
Abstract
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.
Committee
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)
Pages
211 p.
Subject Headings
Behaviorial Sciences
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Developmental Psychology
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Earth
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Ecology
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Education
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Educational Psychology
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Families and Family Life
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Mental Health
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Personal Relationships
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Psychology
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Psychotherapy
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Recreation
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Social Psychology
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Social Research
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Therapy
Keywords
Gestalt
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Gestalt Therapy
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Rites of Passage
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Wilderness Therapy
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Ecopsychology
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Adventure Based Counseling
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Qualitative Research
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Phenomenological Research
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Participatory Research
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Adolescents
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Adolescent Development
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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)
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