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Learning beyond the classroom: Outdoor education as support for resilience and positive parenting Cover

Learning beyond the classroom: Outdoor education as support for resilience and positive parenting

Open Access
|Oct 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Changes in resilience and parenting indicators pre- and post-intervention.

Figure 2

The impact of outdoor education on resilience and parenting practices among the 37 families from Arad County.

Figure 3

Improvements in resilience indicators and parenting practices following outdoor education intervention (N = 37).

Figure 4

Improvement in resilience and parenting practices post-program among the participant families.

Figure 5

Conceptual framework linking outdoor education to improvements in resilience and positive parenting.

Figure 6

Study limitations and proposed directions for future research.

t-test results_

Indicator t-value p-value
Emotional regulation44.086.33 × 10⁻33
Problem-solving skills38.537.31 × 10⁻31
Supportive parenting38.358.62 × 10⁻31
Adaptive parenting36.873.42 × 10⁻30

Characteristics of the participant families (N = 37)_

CharacteristicDescription
Number of families37
LocationArad County (urban and rural)
Sampling methodPurposive sampling
Participation criteriaActive involvement in outdoor educational programs and consent for interviews/surveys

Differences in resilience dimensions and parenting practices before and after outdoor learning intervention (N = 37)_

VariablePre-intervention mean valuePre-intervention SDPost-intervention mean valuePost-intervention SD t-value p-value
Sense of mastery2.90.63.40.54.210.0001
Relatedness3.10.73.70.64.555 × 10−5
Emotional reactivity2.50.83.20.73.980.0002
Warmth (parenting)3.00.73.60.54.71 × 10−5
Control (parenting)2.80.83.10.73.150.003
Autonomy support2.70.93.50.65.021 × 10−5

Pre- and post-intervention mean values for resilience and parenting domains (N = 37)_

DomainPre-intervention mean valuePost-intervention mean value
Emotional regulation2.53.2
Problem-solving skills2.93.4
Supportive parenting3.03.6
Adaptive parenting2.83.5
Language: English
Page range: 37 - 43
Submitted on: May 20, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 27, 2025
Published on: Oct 3, 2025
Published by: University of Oradea
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2025 Henrietta Torkos, published by University of Oradea
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.