Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at Camp
Lacanienta and his colleagues (2018) recently reported results of a study of the effect of themes on quality of experience of youths during summer camp activities. Existing literature suggested that theming activity sessions would have a strong main effect. Results, though, revealed an activity-by-t...
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| author | Gary D. Ellis Jingxian Jiang Andrew Lacanienta Mark Carroll |
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| description | Lacanienta and his colleagues (2018) recently reported results of a study of the effect of themes on quality of experience of youths during summer camp activities. Existing literature suggested that theming activity sessions would have a strong main effect. Results, though, revealed an activity-by-theme interaction effect, i.e., themes seem to be effective in some activities but not others. In this follow-up study, we describe results of a secondary analysis revealing significant new insights regarding theme. Adding an indicator of campers’ co-created, lived-experience theme into the models tested substantially clarified how objective theme, lived-experience theme, and activity interact in influencing the quality of structured experiences. This study, then, underscores the importance of including measures of participants’ co-created lived experience as we seek to understand techniques that can be used to enhance the quality of youths’ structured camp experiences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c2c121329084dbd96a82c67cd3f4a862024-02-02T20:32:16ZengClemson University PressJournal of Youth Development2325-40172019-03-0114123024210.5195/jyd.2019.651554Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at CampGary D. Ellis0Jingxian Jiang1Andrew Lacanienta2Mark Carroll3Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife ResearchTexas A&M UniversityCalifornia Polytechnic University, San Luis ObispoTexas A&M AgriLife Extension ServiceLacanienta and his colleagues (2018) recently reported results of a study of the effect of themes on quality of experience of youths during summer camp activities. Existing literature suggested that theming activity sessions would have a strong main effect. Results, though, revealed an activity-by-theme interaction effect, i.e., themes seem to be effective in some activities but not others. In this follow-up study, we describe results of a secondary analysis revealing significant new insights regarding theme. Adding an indicator of campers’ co-created, lived-experience theme into the models tested substantially clarified how objective theme, lived-experience theme, and activity interact in influencing the quality of structured experiences. This study, then, underscores the importance of including measures of participants’ co-created lived experience as we seek to understand techniques that can be used to enhance the quality of youths’ structured camp experiences.http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/651co-creationexperience qualitydeep-structured experiencethemetheory of structured experience |
| spellingShingle | Gary D. Ellis Jingxian Jiang Andrew Lacanienta Mark Carroll Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at Camp Journal of Youth Development co-creation experience quality deep-structured experience theme theory of structured experience |
| title | Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at Camp |
| title_full | Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at Camp |
| title_fullStr | Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at Camp |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at Camp |
| title_short | Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at Camp |
| title_sort | theming co creation and quality of structured experiences at camp |
| topic | co-creation experience quality deep-structured experience theme theory of structured experience |
| url | http://jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article/view/651 |
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