Date of Award
2010
Degree Type
Dissertation
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Toman, Sarah
Subject Headings
Gestalt, Rite of Passage, Adventure Based Counseling, Adventure therapy for teenagers, Phenomenological Research, Gestalt therapy, Adventure therapy, Environmental psychology, Qualitative research, Participant observation, Teenagers, Adolescent -- Development, Gestalt, Gestalt Therapy, Rites of Passage, Wilderness Therapy, Ecopsychology, Adventure Based Counseling, Qualitative Research, Phenomenological Research, Participatory Research, Adolescents, Adolescent Development
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
Recommended Citation
Roth, Adam Harold, "A Gestalt Oriented Phenomenological and Participatory Study of the Transformative Process of Adolescent Participants Following Wilderness Centered Rites of Rassage" (2010). ETD Archive. 259.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/etdarchive/259
