Addressing “Nature-Deficit Disorder”: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study of Young Adults Attending a Wilderness Camp

Table 1

Constructs and measures used to assess relationship with and experience in nature.

Construct	Measures	Number of items	Response range	Cronbach’s alpha	Reference
Nature experience	Exposure	6	1–5	na	Irvine, 2004 [39]
	Knowledge	5	1–5		Ryan, 2005 [40]
	Skills	17	1–6		Kaplan, 1974 [41]
	Leadership	1	1–6
Safety in nature	Single item	1	1–5	na	Fuller et al., 2007 [42]
Sense of Place	Place attachment	4	1–5	.86	Fuller et al., 2007 [42]
	Continuity with past	5		.84–.85	Dallimer et al., 2012 [43]
Nature connection	Connection to nature	14	1–5	.79–.84	Mayer and Frantz, 2004 [44]

Alphas are from the published literature.