Research Article
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] |
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Alphas are from the published literature.
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