“It should be compulsory for all parents and children.” Experiences of an outdoor, nature-based parent/carer and child intervention: A multiperspectival interpretative phenomenological analysis

Carbonero, Emily 2025. “It should be compulsory for all parents and children.” Experiences of an outdoor, nature-based parent/carer and child intervention: A multiperspectival interpretative phenomenological analysis. DEdPsy Thesis, Cardiff University. Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of two facilitators and five PCs who had taken part in an outdoor, nature-based PC and child intervention with a focus on relationships. The researcher interviewed two facilitators and five PCs who took part in the intervention from November to December 2023. IPA (Smith et al., 2021) was adopted throughout the study, informing the use of semi-structured interviews focused on the participants’ retrospective perceptions and experiences of the intervention. Following immersion into the researcher’s interpretation of each participant’s data, group themes for each participant group were created. This was followed by consideration of the space between the findings of the two groups through a multiperspectival IPA data analysis approach, giving voice to the rich, mutual meaning-making that occurs between individuals (Larkin et al., 2019). This resulted in the creation of four overarching themes; Strengthening the microsystem, Safe community, Risk versus freedom and Seeds of hope, ultimately emphasising nature’s contribution to the intervention and its potential use in future incentives. This is further discussed with relation to psychological theory and research, following which the strengths and limitations of the study are outlined and implications for educational psychologists (EPs), schools, families and wider systems and are considered, alongside avenues for future research.

Item Type:	Thesis (DEdPsy)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Schools > Psychology
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 September 2025
Last Modified:	30 Sep 2025 15:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/181146

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