Health and Wellbeing in an Outdoor and Adventure Sports Context

• Other Authors: Brymer, Eric (Editor), Allan, John (Editor), Hardwell, Ashley (Editor), Peacock, Suzanne (Editor), Hart, Melissa (Editor), Kay, Chris (Editor), Dillon, Michelle (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Lifestyle, sport & leisure; physical education; national curriculum; military personnel; psychological wellbeing; outdoor adventure activities; mental health; resilience; mental health problems; higher education; outdoor adventure; multi-variate quantitative analyses; active components of positive change; school children; transitions; primary and secondary school; nature; tailored outdoor education programming; individuality; adaptable productive functioning; green spaces; health and psychological well-being; self-determination; adventure; armed forces; physical activity; recovery; soldiers; Nature-based health interventions; green prescriptions; wilderness therapy; forest schools; green exercise; adherence; compliance; health; outdoor and adventure activities; outdoor therapy; phenomenology; therapeutic process; embodiment; lived-experience; slow adventure; time; slowness; wellbeing; cognitive dissonance; strategies of dissonance reduction; characteristics of dissonance arousal and modes of reduction; consonant cognitions; attitude and behaviour change; autophenomenology; adventure education programming; Ecological Dynamics; adventure education; representative design; outdoor and adventure sports; n/a
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The health and wellbeing of people and the planet is currently receiving a much attention, if only because of the ongoing global crisis instigated by COVID-19. The benefits of nature for human wellbeing have been scientifically studied in multiple disciplines for over three decades. Researchers from...