(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2006-01) Stadler, K.; Kotze, M. E.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to determine whether adventure training could be utilised to enhance the self-concepts
and self-efficacy of young career officers in the South African National Defence Force. A quasi-experimental design
with a pre-test, post-test and post-post-test was used. Two measuring instruments were administered, namely the
Self-description Questionnaire III and the General Self-efficacy Scale. No statistically significant improvement was
measured in the various dimensions of the self-concepts and self-efficacy of members of the experimental group, but
some encouraging indications of change in the experimental group were observed after the intervention. The
implications of the findings are discussed further.