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A Green and Pleasant Helping Hand – Examining the Phenomenological Effects of Outdoor Recreational Experiences on Military Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Cover

A Green and Pleasant Helping Hand – Examining the Phenomenological Effects of Outdoor Recreational Experiences on Military Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Open Access
|Jan 2026

Authors

Mark Wheeler

mark@icarp.org.uk

Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex

Graham Cable

grahamcable@hotmail.com

Military Veteran, Independent Academic, Learning and Development Consultant, UK; Senior Education Specialist Advisor, NATO Mission

Leanne Andrews

landre@essex.ac.uk

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex

Sheina Orbell

sorbell@essex.ac.uk

Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex; Essex ESNEFT Psychological Research Unit for Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex

Guyan Sloane

gs16502@essex.ac.uk

Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex; Essex ESNEFT Psychological Research Unit for Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex

Richard Philpot

rphilp@essex.ac.uk

Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex; Essex ESNEFT Psychological Research Unit for Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex

Nicholas R. Cooper

ncooper@essex.ac.uk

Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 17
Submitted on: Oct 9, 2025
Accepted on: Dec 13, 2025
Published on: Jan 5, 2026
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Mark Wheeler, Graham Cable, Leanne Andrews, Sheina Orbell, Guyan Sloane, Richard Philpot, Nicholas R. Cooper, published by Virginia Tech Publishing
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.