Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Psychology
Reader 1
Qutayba Abdullatif
Reader 2
Professor Jennifer Groscup
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© 2018 Layla B Moehring
Abstract
Wildnerness therapy is becoming increasingly popular as a treatment for adolescents. It has been established as an efficacious treatment in previous literature, but the mechanisms as to why have thus far remained a mystery. This research is looking at the connection between wilderness therapy and DBT, another evidence-based treatment. This study will examine 156 adolescents, comparing the efficacy of wilderness therapy to traditional inpatient and intensive outpatient. Pre-treatment assessments of suicidal ideation, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance will be taken. It is expected that there will be main effects for each of the treatments, but that wilderness therapy will be strongest. Additionally, it is expected that emotion regulation and distress tolerance will act as mediators, and their effect on suicidal ideation will be even greater than that of treatment.
Recommended Citation
Moehring, Layla, "Into the Wild: Factors Mediating the Positive Outcomes of Wilderness Based Therapy" (2018). Scripps Senior Theses. 1261.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1261
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