TY - JOUR
T1 - Will they leave what they find? The efficacy of a Leave No Trace education program for youth
AU - Schwartz, Forrest
AU - Taff, B. Derrick
AU - Lawhon, Ben
AU - Hodge, Camilla
AU - Newman, Peter
AU - Will, Ellen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the McConnell Family Foundation for their support of this important research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/10/2
Y1 - 2018/10/2
N2 - The authors explored the influences of a youth-focused Leave No Trace educational program on participants’ attitudes, behaviors, and nature connectedness. The study employed an experimental, equivalent control-group design and included survey and direct observation measures. Pretest and posttest surveys provided self-report measures of attitudes and nature connectedness, while direct observations examined participants’ behavior toward keeping or leaving objects found in nature. Participants who received the PEAK educational program reported positive attitude changes above and beyond participants who did not receive the program, and left found objects more often than those in the control group.
AB - The authors explored the influences of a youth-focused Leave No Trace educational program on participants’ attitudes, behaviors, and nature connectedness. The study employed an experimental, equivalent control-group design and included survey and direct observation measures. Pretest and posttest surveys provided self-report measures of attitudes and nature connectedness, while direct observations examined participants’ behavior toward keeping or leaving objects found in nature. Participants who received the PEAK educational program reported positive attitude changes above and beyond participants who did not receive the program, and left found objects more often than those in the control group.
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U2 - 10.1080/1533015X.2017.1411217
DO - 10.1080/1533015X.2017.1411217
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85043392956
SN - 1533-015X
VL - 17
SP - 299
EP - 309
JO - Applied Environmental Education and Communication
JF - Applied Environmental Education and Communication
IS - 4
ER -