Related Research


  1. Whittington, A. & Aspelmeier, J. E. (2018). Resilience, peer relationships, and confidence: Do girls’ programs promote positive change? Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and Leadership, 10(2), 124-138. https://doi.org/10.18666/JOREL-2018-V10-I2-7876
  2. Whittington, A., & Danhof, J. (February, 2018). Supporting girls’ resilience: One camp at a time.  Abstract, Poster and Presentation at the American Camp Association National Conference, Orlando, FL. 
  3. Whittington, A., & Aspelmeier, J.E. (November/December 2017). Developing resilience in girls
    through camp experiences.      Camping Magazine. 
  4. Aspelmeier, J. E., Bevins, K., Wiegmann, R., Homick, C., Barbir, L., Williams, J., Easter, K., Fadi, C., Elliott, A., and Whittington, A. (2017, March). Resilience among women in the first semester at college: A             validation study. Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association.   Boston, MA.
  5. Whittington, A. (2017). Researching resilience: How camp increases 21st century skills in youth.
    Presentation presented at the Camp Newaygo Research Symposium. Newaygo, MI. 
  6. Whittington, A., Aspelmeier, J., & Budbill, N. (2015). Promoting resiliency in adolescent girls through adventure programming.  Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Leadership. 16(1), 2-15. doi: 10.1080/14729679.2015.1047872
  7. Whittington, A., & Aspelmeier, J. (February, 2015). Measuring outcomes of girls’ experiences
    at camp    . Poster, presentation and abstract presented at the American Camp Association National Conference, New Orleans, LA. 
  8. Whittington, A., Aspelmeier, J. & Budbill, N. (2014, January). Measuring outcomes of girls’
    participation: Creating statistically tested scales.     Poster presented at the Coalition for Education in the Outdoors Research Symposium. Indianapolis, IN.  
  9. Whittington, A., Budbill, N., & Aspelmeier, J. (2013). Promoting resiliency in adolescent girls through         adventure education.  Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and Leadership 5(2), 169-172. 
  10. Whittington, A., & Budbill, N. (2013). Breaking the mold: Impacts of adventure education on girls. Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and Leadership 5(1), 37-53.