The pretest-posttest design and measurement of outward-bound-type program effects on personal development

This research aims to test the effects of Outward-Bound-type program on the personal development of college students. This research targets on 134 undergraduates as research objects, uses the life effectiveness questionnaire (LEQ-H) as research tools, and adopts the design of pretest and posttest to collect data and make statistic analysis. Through factor analysis, the authors find that the structure of the LEQ changes from the original eight factors to seven factors, with task Leadership being combined with Active Initiative as one factor. The research results indicate that during the 3-day session, the students in the Outward-Bound-type program experience significant change effects on seven life effectiveness factors.