Wilderness Use and Self-Actualization.

Young, Robert A.; Crandall, Rick

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ERIC Number: EJ304890

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Publication Date: 1984

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Wilderness Use and Self-Actualization.

Young, Robert A.; Crandall, Rick

Journal of Leisure Research, v16 n2 p149-60 1984

It has been suggested that outdoor recreation involving wilderness use can contribute to the development of self-actualization in an individual. Users and nonusers of wilderness were surveyed to observe which were more self-actualized. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

Descriptors: Leisure Time, Mental Health, Outdoor Activities, Personality Development, Recreationists, Self Actualization

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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