Linda Caldwell

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Professor

lindac@psu.edu

704L Ford Building

Phone: 814-863-8983

Fax: 814-867-1751

www.personal.psu.edu/llc7

Ph.D. from University of Maryland

Current Research Interests

Youth development through leisure, leisure and health, and prevention

Recent Courses Taught

RPTM 433 Research and Evaluation in Recreation and Parks
RPTM 476 Leisure Education
RPTM 527 Social Psychology of Leisure
RPTM 570 Trends and Issues in Therapeutic Recreation

Selected Publications

Caldwell, L. L., Patrick, M., Smith, E. A., Palen, L., & Wegner, L. (in press). Influencing adolescent leisure motivation: Intervention effects of HealthWise South Africa. Journal of Leisure Research.

Tibbits, M., Caldwell, L. L., Smith, E. A., & Wegner, L. (in press). The relation between leisure activity participation profiles and substance use among South African youth. World Leisure.

Wegner, L. & Caldwell, L. L. (in press). Interventions for out-of-school contexts. In C. Ward & Dawes A. (Eds).  Youth Violence in South Africa. HSRC press.

Caldwell, L. L.  (in press). Using theory as basis for getting to outcomes.  N. Stumbo (Ed.).  Client Outcomes in Therapeutic Recreation Services, (2nd Ed.) State College, PA: Venture Publishing.

Caldwell, L. L. (2009). Prevention through leisure education: Addressing youth risk behavior in China. Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 39, 112-120.

Caldwell, L. L. (2008). Youth development through leisure: A global perspective. World Leisure Journal, 50, 3-17.

Caldwell, L. L., Younker, A., Wegner, L., Patrick, M., Vergnani, T., Smith, E. A., & Flisher, A. (2008). Understanding leisure-related program effects by using process data in the HealthWise South Africa project. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 26, 146-162.

Ainsworth, B. E., Mannell, R. C., Behrens, T. K., & Caldwell, L. L. (2007). Perspectives of public health and leisure studies on determinants of physically active leisure. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 4, Supp. 1, S24-S35.

Spangler, K. & Caldwell, L. L. (2007). Implications of public policy related to parks, recreation and public health. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 4, Supp. 1, S64-S7.

Caldwell, L. L., & Smith, E. A. (2007). Leisure as a developmental context for risk prevention. In A. France and R. Hommel (Eds.) Pathways and crime prevention: Theory, policy, and practice, pp.271-297. Portland, OR: Willan Publishing.