Joanna E Bettmann
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 839090 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Joanna E Bettmann |
| PRENOMES | Joanna E |
| SOBRENOME | Bettmann |
| ASSINATURA | BETTMANN J E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1849-2029 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Ecopsychology
Barriers for Veterans Accessing Outdoor Programming
Background: Existing outdoor programs which market to veterans are likely to help veterans to get outdoors and to connect with one another. However, these programs appear to market to mostly White, male populations even though many veterans are female and racially diverse. Purpose: In order to consider barriers to outdoor program engagement for diverse and marginalized populations of veterans, the present study evaluated the website landing pages…
Who Declines and Who Improves in Wilderness Therapy
Nature Exposure, Even as Little as 10 Minutes, is Likely to Yield Short-Term Benefits for Adults with Mental Illness
Existing research suggests that nature exposure positively affects mental health, but has not answered important questions about nature’s specific impact on adults with mental illness. Intentional exposure to nature could be a means for mental illness symptom relief. The present study was a meta-analysis to answer the question: what are the effects of nature exposure on the social, mental, and physical health of adults with mental illness? The pr…
Healthy by Nature
Research suggests that spending time in nature is associated with numerous human behavioral health benefits, including improved executive functioning abilities, enhanced recovery from stressful situations, better mental health, and better educational outcomes. Greener neighborhoods also tend to have positive population-level health outcomes. Although promising, much of this research has focused primarily on selective populations and fails to acco…
Military veterans’ motivation and barriers to outdoor recreation participation
Outdoor activity benefits veterans’ sense of well-being, coping skills and affective experience while improving physical and mental health. Understanding military veterans’ motivation for and barriers to outdoor recreation allows healthcare providers to design interventions that help veterans achieve their healthcare objectives through outdoor activity, which may enhance treatment engagement and clinical outcomes. Veterans were surveyed about the…
Mental Health Outcomes of Peer-led Therapeutic Adventure for Military Veterans
Background: Skepticism of therapy and stigma are significant barriers for veterans with mental health issues. Therapeutic adventure shows promise in addressing veterans’ mental health needs while circumventing the stigma many veterans face in initiating treatment. Purpose: Given the small group model of therapeutic adventure programs, such programs may be ideal to provide social support for veterans and reduce mental health symptomology. The pres…
Improvement in Veterans' Openness to Seeking Professional Psychological Help After Participating in Therapeutic Adventure Trips
Despite high rates of mental illness among veterans, many do not receive sufficient mental health treatment. Thus, mental health interventions that do not look like treatment, but look more like outdoor recreation, may be helpful in addressing veterans' resistance to mental treatment and help-seeking. The present study sought to answer the question: Does participation in a therapeutic adventure program correlate with veterans' help-seeking for me…
The State of Interdependence with Nature Scale
The three studies reported in this article detail the development of the State of Interdependence with Nature Scale (SINS), a new self-report measure specifically designed to assess momentary fluctuations in feelings of deep connection, or “oneness,” with nature. Using exploratory factor analysis, Study 1 (N = 228) identified eight optimally performing items to be retained in the SINS. Using confirmatory factor analysis, Study 2 (N = 126) support…
Perceived Effectiveness of Parent Representation Social Workers by Legal Professionals Involved with Indigent Defendants
The total number of children in the U.S. foster care system exceeds 428,000. Previous research indicates that when social workers and legal professionals work together, children and their families benefit significantly. Parents who effectively engage in the child welfare system are more likely to benefit from services and reunify with their children. The present study employed a phenomenological approach to explore how a parent representation pil…
Therapeutic Adventure for Military Veterans with Mental Illness
In recent decades, the need for veterans' mental health treatment has increased dramatically. But while utilization of Veterans Affairs services has risen, a large number of veterans who could benefit from its resources either drop out from services early or do not access them at all. Given veterans' reluctance to engage in traditional modalities of treatment, the psychological benefits of nature- and adventure-based interventions are of particul…
Dispositional Mindfulness Is Associated with Greater Nature Connectedness and Self-Reported Ecological Behavior
Environmental problems are worsening as human behavior continues to damage the environment. However, not all human behavior has negative environmental consequences, and many people make concerted efforts to behave in environmentally sensitive ways. Yet, the personal qualities that contribute to ecological behavior remain imprecisely characterized. The present study explored two individual difference variables believed to support ecological behavi…
Measuring Anxiety and Depression in Ghanaian and U.S. College Students
Differences between Ghanaian ( n = 465) and U.S. ( n = 425) college students on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist‐25 (HSCL‐25; Mollica, Wyshak, de Marneffe, Khuon, & Lavelle, 1987 ) were examined. Compared with their U.S. counterparts, Ghanaians reported less general distress related to anxiety and depression, more anxiety‐specific distress, and no differences in depression‐specific distress. A multidimensional approach may be most appropriate in HSC…
The relationship between adolescent refugees’ attachment patterns and their experiences of trauma
Nearly half of all young refugees experience trauma-related mental health problems. However, protective factors, such as attachment style, may mitigate the impact of traumatic events. This study explores the relationship between adolescent refugees’ traumatic experiences and their Adult Attachment Inventory classifications. Attachment and trauma data were gathered from 37 refugee youths resettled in the United States. Results suggest refugees who…
Orphanage Staff's Perceptions of Children's Psycho‐social Needs
More than three quarters of all children orphaned by AIDS live in sub‐Saharan Africa. Significant portions of these children live in institutions. This study explores institutional caregivers’ views of children's psycho‐social needs. The authors gathered qualitative data from 92 staff at eight orphanages in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Results suggest that while staff's descriptions portray some understanding of children's psycho‐social needs, th…
Longitudinal Outcomes for Youth Transported to Wilderness Therapy Programs
Purpose: Due to the ethical concern around involuntary treatment, this study sought to investigate if youth participants in wilderness therapy who were transported to the program experienced different rates of change than those not transported. Methods: Multilevel modeling techniques were used to investigate rates of change for youth between transported and nontransported youth over 5 points until 6 months postdischarge. In addition, repeated mea…
A Qualitative Exploration of African Adolescent Refugees' Attachment Relationships
This qualitative investigation explored the attachment relationships of African adolescent refugees living in the United States. The study reviewed attachment behaviors in African cultures and examined how adolescent refugees experienced their attachment relationships. Narrative data gathered from Adult Attachment Interviews with 23 African adolescent refugees in the United States were analyzed. Results highlighted the importance of the extended …
Orphanage caregivers' perceptions of children's emotional needs
The Intersection of Health Beliefs and Religion Among Somali Refugees
Despite being the largest African group to resettle in the United States, there is a dearth of literature examining the influence of religion on health behaviors and beliefs among Somali refugees. Using purposive sampling methods, we examined how religious beliefs informed health behaviors among twenty Somali refugees. Using inductive analysis and coding, three primary themes were uncovered: (a) the Quran as treatment, (b) God's will, and (c) rel…
A social partnership between Ghanaian and US academic institutions
This study explored a social partnership between Ghanaian and US universities. Through qualitative narratives, participants reported the partnership developed professional and social relationships, but cited problems in preparedness. Findings point to the importance of faculty perceptions in developing academic partnerships and the need for strong relationships in early phases of social partnerships
Innovations in Doctoral Education
This study evaluated the impact of a distance education program to meet the practice learning needs of first‐year doctoral students. The program, a six‐session case‐based telephonic seminar, was taught to 19 first‐year doctoral students. Evaluation of the program included self‐report quantitative and qualitative data gathered pre‐ and postseminar, as well as qualitative data gathered three months postseminar. Quantitative and qualitative analysis…
Changes in Adolescent Attachment Relationships as a Response To Wilderness Treatment
Auspicious Experience in Social Work
This personal narrative recounts the experiences of one psychodynamic practitioner as she grew over the course of her social work career. It follows the development of her therapeutic awareness as she first worked with adolescents in a wilderness therapy program, and later with low-income clients in several large urban areas. While discussing the role of her Masters and Doctoral education, it explores particularly the role supervision played in d…
Orphanage caregivers' perceptions of children's emotional needs
Longitudinal Outcomes for Youth Transported to Wilderness Therapy Programs
Purpose: Due to the ethical concern around involuntary treatment, this study sought to investigate if youth participants in wilderness therapy who were transported to the program experienced different rates of change than those not transported. Methods: Multilevel modeling techniques were used to investigate rates of change for youth between transported and nontransported youth over 5 points until 6 months postdischarge. In addition, repeated mea…
A social partnership between Ghanaian and US academic institutions
This study explored a social partnership between Ghanaian and US universities. Through qualitative narratives, participants reported the partnership developed professional and social relationships, but cited problems in preparedness. Findings point to the importance of faculty perceptions in developing academic partnerships and the need for strong relationships in early phases of social partnerships
Innovations in Doctoral Education
This study evaluated the impact of a distance education program to meet the practice learning needs of first‐year doctoral students. The program, a six‐session case‐based telephonic seminar, was taught to 19 first‐year doctoral students. Evaluation of the program included self‐report quantitative and qualitative data gathered pre‐ and postseminar, as well as qualitative data gathered three months postseminar. Quantitative and qualitative analysis…
Auspicious Experience in Social Work
This personal narrative recounts the experiences of one psychodynamic practitioner as she grew over the course of her social work career. It follows the development of her therapeutic awareness as she first worked with adolescents in a wilderness therapy program, and later with low-income clients in several large urban areas. While discussing the role of her Masters and Doctoral education, it explores particularly the role supervision played in d…
Changes in Adolescent Attachment Relationships as a Response To Wilderness Treatment
Innovations in Doctoral Education
This study evaluated the impact of a distance education program to meet the practice learning needs of first‐year doctoral students. The program, a six‐session case‐based telephonic seminar, was taught to 19 first‐year doctoral students. Evaluation of the program included self‐report quantitative and qualitative data gathered pre‐ and postseminar, as well as qualitative data gathered three months postseminar. Quantitative and qualitative analysis…
A social partnership between Ghanaian and US academic institutions
This study explored a social partnership between Ghanaian and US universities. Through qualitative narratives, participants reported the partnership developed professional and social relationships, but cited problems in preparedness. Findings point to the importance of faculty perceptions in developing academic partnerships and the need for strong relationships in early phases of social partnerships
The Intersection of Health Beliefs and Religion Among Somali Refugees
Despite being the largest African group to resettle in the United States, there is a dearth of literature examining the influence of religion on health behaviors and beliefs among Somali refugees. Using purposive sampling methods, we examined how religious beliefs informed health behaviors among twenty Somali refugees. Using inductive analysis and coding, three primary themes were uncovered: (a) the Quran as treatment, (b) God's will, and (c) rel…
Orphanage caregivers' perceptions of children's emotional needs
Longitudinal Outcomes for Youth Transported to Wilderness Therapy Programs
Purpose: Due to the ethical concern around involuntary treatment, this study sought to investigate if youth participants in wilderness therapy who were transported to the program experienced different rates of change than those not transported. Methods: Multilevel modeling techniques were used to investigate rates of change for youth between transported and nontransported youth over 5 points until 6 months postdischarge. In addition, repeated mea…
A Qualitative Exploration of African Adolescent Refugees' Attachment Relationships
This qualitative investigation explored the attachment relationships of African adolescent refugees living in the United States. The study reviewed attachment behaviors in African cultures and examined how adolescent refugees experienced their attachment relationships. Narrative data gathered from Adult Attachment Interviews with 23 African adolescent refugees in the United States were analyzed. Results highlighted the importance of the extended …
Orphanage Staff's Perceptions of Children's Psycho‐social Needs
More than three quarters of all children orphaned by AIDS live in sub‐Saharan Africa. Significant portions of these children live in institutions. This study explores institutional caregivers’ views of children's psycho‐social needs. The authors gathered qualitative data from 92 staff at eight orphanages in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Results suggest that while staff's descriptions portray some understanding of children's psycho‐social needs, th…
The relationship between adolescent refugees’ attachment patterns and their experiences of trauma
Nearly half of all young refugees experience trauma-related mental health problems. However, protective factors, such as attachment style, may mitigate the impact of traumatic events. This study explores the relationship between adolescent refugees’ traumatic experiences and their Adult Attachment Inventory classifications. Attachment and trauma data were gathered from 37 refugee youths resettled in the United States. Results suggest refugees who…
Dispositional Mindfulness Is Associated with Greater Nature Connectedness and Self-Reported Ecological Behavior
Environmental problems are worsening as human behavior continues to damage the environment. However, not all human behavior has negative environmental consequences, and many people make concerted efforts to behave in environmentally sensitive ways. Yet, the personal qualities that contribute to ecological behavior remain imprecisely characterized. The present study explored two individual difference variables believed to support ecological behavi…
Measuring Anxiety and Depression in Ghanaian and U.S. College Students
Differences between Ghanaian ( n = 465) and U.S. ( n = 425) college students on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist‐25 (HSCL‐25; Mollica, Wyshak, de Marneffe, Khuon, & Lavelle, 1987 ) were examined. Compared with their U.S. counterparts, Ghanaians reported less general distress related to anxiety and depression, more anxiety‐specific distress, and no differences in depression‐specific distress. A multidimensional approach may be most appropriate in HSC…
Therapeutic Adventure for Military Veterans with Mental Illness
In recent decades, the need for veterans' mental health treatment has increased dramatically. But while utilization of Veterans Affairs services has risen, a large number of veterans who could benefit from its resources either drop out from services early or do not access them at all. Given veterans' reluctance to engage in traditional modalities of treatment, the psychological benefits of nature- and adventure-based interventions are of particul…
The State of Interdependence with Nature Scale
The three studies reported in this article detail the development of the State of Interdependence with Nature Scale (SINS), a new self-report measure specifically designed to assess momentary fluctuations in feelings of deep connection, or “oneness,” with nature. Using exploratory factor analysis, Study 1 (N = 228) identified eight optimally performing items to be retained in the SINS. Using confirmatory factor analysis, Study 2 (N = 126) support…
Perceived Effectiveness of Parent Representation Social Workers by Legal Professionals Involved with Indigent Defendants
The total number of children in the U.S. foster care system exceeds 428,000. Previous research indicates that when social workers and legal professionals work together, children and their families benefit significantly. Parents who effectively engage in the child welfare system are more likely to benefit from services and reunify with their children. The present study employed a phenomenological approach to explore how a parent representation pil…
Mental Health Outcomes of Peer-led Therapeutic Adventure for Military Veterans
Background: Skepticism of therapy and stigma are significant barriers for veterans with mental health issues. Therapeutic adventure shows promise in addressing veterans’ mental health needs while circumventing the stigma many veterans face in initiating treatment. Purpose: Given the small group model of therapeutic adventure programs, such programs may be ideal to provide social support for veterans and reduce mental health symptomology. The pres…
Improvement in Veterans' Openness to Seeking Professional Psychological Help After Participating in Therapeutic Adventure Trips
Despite high rates of mental illness among veterans, many do not receive sufficient mental health treatment. Thus, mental health interventions that do not look like treatment, but look more like outdoor recreation, may be helpful in addressing veterans' resistance to mental treatment and help-seeking. The present study sought to answer the question: Does participation in a therapeutic adventure program correlate with veterans' help-seeking for me…
Healthy by Nature
Research suggests that spending time in nature is associated with numerous human behavioral health benefits, including improved executive functioning abilities, enhanced recovery from stressful situations, better mental health, and better educational outcomes. Greener neighborhoods also tend to have positive population-level health outcomes. Although promising, much of this research has focused primarily on selective populations and fails to acco…
Military veterans’ motivation and barriers to outdoor recreation participation
Outdoor activity benefits veterans’ sense of well-being, coping skills and affective experience while improving physical and mental health. Understanding military veterans’ motivation for and barriers to outdoor recreation allows healthcare providers to design interventions that help veterans achieve their healthcare objectives through outdoor activity, which may enhance treatment engagement and clinical outcomes. Veterans were surveyed about the…
Barriers for Veterans Accessing Outdoor Programming
Background: Existing outdoor programs which market to veterans are likely to help veterans to get outdoors and to connect with one another. However, these programs appear to market to mostly White, male populations even though many veterans are female and racially diverse. Purpose: In order to consider barriers to outdoor program engagement for diverse and marginalized populations of veterans, the present study evaluated the website landing pages…
Who Declines and Who Improves in Wilderness Therapy
Nature Exposure, Even as Little as 10 Minutes, is Likely to Yield Short-Term Benefits for Adults with Mental Illness
Existing research suggests that nature exposure positively affects mental health, but has not answered important questions about nature’s specific impact on adults with mental illness. Intentional exposure to nature could be a means for mental illness symptom relief. The present study was a meta-analysis to answer the question: what are the effects of nature exposure on the social, mental, and physical health of adults with mental illness? The pr…
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Ecopsychology
Psychology (22 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Psychiatry (10 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Mental health (7 obras) · Outdoor and Experiential Education (7 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras)