Outdoor recreational activity experiences improve psychological wellbeing of military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: Positive findings from a pilot study and a randomised controlled trial

• Mark Wheeler,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

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• Nicholas R. Cooper ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ncooper@essex.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-3299

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• Leanne Andrews,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

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• Jamie Hacker Hughes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Northern Hub for Veterans and Families Research, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Marie Juanchich,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

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• Tim Rakow,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience; King’s College, London, United Kingdom

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• Sheina Orbell

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

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