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

Table 5

Nature-related measures paired samples t-tests, pre- and postcamp responses.

Measure		Precamp mean	SD	Postcamp mean	SD	Sig. (2-tailed)
Nature experience
Exposure	36	3.14	0.56	3.65	0.28	<0.001
Skill	35	2.99	0.85	3.82	0.54	<0.001
Knowledge	36	2.60	0.59	2.79	0.47	0.018
Leadership	34	3.47	1.48	4.68	1.04	<0.001
Feeling of safety in environment	36	3.64	0.87	4.31	0.58	<0.001
Sense of place
Attachment	36	4.52	0.49	4.73	0.41	0.035
Continuity with the past	36	3.92	0.71	4.22	0.65	0.003
Nature connection	34	3.49	0.67	3.78	0.71	<0.001

Pairwise deletion of missing data.
Paired -test.