title: Relationship between camp attendance and self-perceptions in children with chronic health conditions: a meta-analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A meta-analysis examined the association between camp attendance and changes in self-perceptions in children with chronic health conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Studies using quantitative methods to assess changes in self-perceptions while attending camps designed for children with chronic health conditions were included in analyses. A random-effects model was used, and Cohen's d was used to calculate effect sizes at both post-camp and follow-up. Some potential moderators of effects were examined (i.e., type of measure of self-perceptions, children's chronic health condition, camp components).
  
  
  RESULTS
  31 studies were included in the analyses. Children experienced small, but statistically significant, improvements in self-perceptions at both post-camp (d = .25, 95% CI [.16-.34]) and extended follow-up (d = .15, 95% CI [.05-.26]). This relationship was moderated by type of measure of self-perceptions and child health condition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Camp attendance is associated with small improvements in self-perceptions for children with some chronic health conditions.
authors: Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, 2010 Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. odarcc@gmail.com
authors: Cathleen
authors: C
authors: Odar
authors: Kimberly S
authors: KS
authors: Canter
authors: Michael C
authors: MC
authors: Roberts
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept