TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the Impact of Adventure Education on Children’s Physical, Cognitive and Socio-emotional Development: A mixed Method Systematic Review
AU - A Ghani, Ruhina Binta
AU - Lau, Patrick W C
AU - Lu, Nike
AU - Zhou, Peng
AU - Wang, Jing Jing
N1 - The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.
Copyright: © 2025 Ghani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2025/6/30
Y1 - 2025/6/30
N2 - This mixed-method systematic review examines how Adventure Education is perceived by children and its impact on their development. Children’s age ranged between 06–18 years. AE been reported to improve participants’ leadership, self-efficacy, peer support, relationship skills, independence, and the ability to follow instructions. Six quantitative research studies have shown a positive association of AE with various socio-emotional development outcomes. Participants exhibited enhanced resilience, hedonic balance, and life satisfaction. Individuals engaged in AE were found to experience reduced mental health issues and stress levels. One study found that the AE program significantly impacted physical activity outcomes, with effect sizes ranging from 0.029 to 0.663. However, long-term effects could not be definitively concluded due to the lack of follow-up measures of the interventions.
AB - This mixed-method systematic review examines how Adventure Education is perceived by children and its impact on their development. Children’s age ranged between 06–18 years. AE been reported to improve participants’ leadership, self-efficacy, peer support, relationship skills, independence, and the ability to follow instructions. Six quantitative research studies have shown a positive association of AE with various socio-emotional development outcomes. Participants exhibited enhanced resilience, hedonic balance, and life satisfaction. Individuals engaged in AE were found to experience reduced mental health issues and stress levels. One study found that the AE program significantly impacted physical activity outcomes, with effect sizes ranging from 0.029 to 0.663. However, long-term effects could not be definitively concluded due to the lack of follow-up measures of the interventions.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0327181
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0327181
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 40587526
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 20
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 6
M1 - e0327181
ER -
