Effects of National and International Scout Camps on Some Daily Life Skills of Boy Scouts: Comparative Study | ||||
| Journal of Applied Sports Science | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2016, Page 50-58 PDF (525.68 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jass.2016.84555 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Amany Mohamed Al-Safty | ||||
| Faculty of Physical Education, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The current research aims to identify the effects of national and international scout camps on improving daily life skills for boy scouts. Participants of this research are all boy scouts participating in Shobra Qass scout camp (national camp) (n=20) and Rodney scout camp – Maryland - USA (international camp) (n=20) during 2015. Those participants were purposefully chosen with an age group of (12-15) years. The researcher developed and calibrated the Daily Life Skills Scale for Boy Scouts. Results indicated statistically significant differences between national and international camps on the results of the daily life skills scale with improvement percentage of (10.04%) in favor of international camps. In addition, improvement percentages for communication, negotiation, decision making and problem solving and stress management were 14.78%, 10.89%, 10.79% and 5.05% respectively in favor of international camps. Furthermore, international camps have positive effects on the acquisition of daily life skills by boy scouts. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Communication; Decision making and problem solving; Negotiation; Stress management | ||||
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