My philosophy towards research is simple, it should be interesting, it should be useful, and it should make the world a little bit better. Please look here for some of the publications and projects I have been a part of. If you can't get access to an article listed, let me know (rjgagno@clemson.edu) and I will share an author copy.
Full Curriculum Vitae (May 2024)
2024
Examining Patient- and Community-Level Factors Associated with Pediatric Mental Healthcare Access within a Patient Navigation Program
Examining College Student Attitudes Towards Individuals with Disabilities: Implications for College Adaptive Sports Development
The 2023 National 4-H Index Study (Technical Report)
The Attributes and Characteristics of Leisure Activity Engagement that Foster Cognition in Aging: A Scoping Review
Developmental Differences in Reported Overparenting, Autonomy, and Glucose Monitoring within a Medical Specialty Camp Context
2023
Systematic Examination of Methodological Inconsistency in Operationalizing Cognitive Reserve and its Impact on Identifying Predictors of Late-Life Cognition
Identifying Risk Factors Associated with Repeated Referrals Within a Pediatric Navigation Program
Sense of Mastery and Attitude Towards Illness: Examining Longitudinal Benefits of a Medical Specialty Camp for Youth with Sickle Cell Disease
Vaccine Hesitancy and Parental Concerns in a Digital Leisure Context: Implications for Out-of-School Time
Experiences in Outdoor Recreation Among Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Benefits, Constraints, and Facilitators
Daily Exposure To Virtual Nature Reduces Symptoms Of Anxiety In College Students
2022
Measuring Accessible and Recreational Parks in the Contiguous United States
Notes on Camp: Campfires, Canoes...Coding? This Generation’s Summer Camps look Very Different to the Last (Popular Press)
Exploring the Modification of Sunday Hunting Restrictions on Wildlife Management Areas in South Carolina (Technical Report)
2021
Cultivating Youth Affinity for College Within the Context of Campus-Based Summer Camps
Benchmarking South Carolina Recreation Providers’ Role in Addressing Summertime Food Insecurity
Benefits and Challenges of Overparenting within an Emerging Youth Sport: Parental Spending, Volunteering, and Competitive Longevity in Competition Climbing
2020
Positive Youth Development Theory in Practice: An Update on the 4-H Thriving Model
Camp as Context for Need Satisfaction among Native American Youth: Examining Links to Participation Quality and Quantity
Early Camp Program Planning Amid COVID-19 (Popular Press)
Examining Perceived Adolescent Socioemotional Development and Repeated Camp Experiences using a Planned Missing Data Design
Division-I Student-Athletes’ Affective and Cognitive Responses to Receiving Confirmation From Their Head Coach
Parental Anxiety Associated with Summer Camp Experiences: A Comparative Analysis Across Volunteer and Employee-Staffed Camps
When Overparenting is Normal Parenting: Examining Child Disability and Overparenting in Early Adolescence
Pre-College STEM Camps as Developmental Context: Mediational Relations Between Gender, Career Decidedness, Socioemotional Development, and Engagement
2019
Measurement Theory and Applications for the Social Sciences (Book Review)
Illuminating the Process of Youth Development: The Mediating Effect of Thriving on Youth Development Program Outcomes
“The Credit Card or the Taxi”: A Qualitative Investigation of Parent Involvement in Indoor Competition Climbing
Examining Overparenting and Child Gender in Adolescence
Examining Overparenting, Socioeconomic Status, and Parental Out-of-School Time Experience: Does Socioeconomic Status and Out-of-School-Time Experience Matter?
Exploring Overparenting in Summer Camp: Adapting, Developing, and Implementing a Measure
Research and Practice: An Applied Examination of the Parental Perceptions of Developmental Outcomes Scale
Tough Decisions in Medical Specialty Camps: Relationships between Camp Dosage, Outcomes, and Camper Attendance
Efficacy of Online Training for Improving Camp Staff Competency
2018
A Structural Model Exploring Gender Differences in Perceived Constraints to Competition Climbing
Examining Predictors of Implementation Quality in an Emerging International Extension Context
Place-Based Pathways to Pro-Environmental Behavior: Empirical Evidence for a Conservation–Recreation Model
Interpreting Perceived Constraints to Ethnic and Racial Recreation Participation Using a Recreation Systems Approach
Enhancing the College Student Experience: Outcomes of a Leisure Education Program
2017
Beyond Composite Scores and Cronbach's Alpha: Advancing Methodological Rigor in Recreation Research
Living Without Boys: A Retrospective Analysis of the Benefits and Skills Gained at All Female Camps
The Business of Lifestyle Sport (Book Chapter)
2016
Indoor Competition Climbing as a Context for Positive Youth Development
A Structural Model of Camp Director Practices and Outcomes: Does Intention Toward Program Outcomes Matter?
A Closer Look at the Camp Experience: Examining Relationships Between Life Skills, Elements of Positive Youth Development, and Antecedents of Change Among Camp Alumni
Competition Climbing: From Leisure Pursuit to Lifestyle Sport
Values and Decision-Making: Introducing the Public Servant Values Questionnaire to Recreation Administrators
Parent Anxiety Causes and Consequences: Perspectives from Camp Program Providers
Fidelity and Its Importance to Experiential and Outdoor Education
Preparing Youth Development Professionals through a Blended Online Master’s Degree Program (Book Chapter)
2015
Influences of Resident Camp Experiences on Career Choice: A Case Study of Female Alumnae
Measuring the Impact of a Medical Specialty Camp: Using Self-Determination Theory
Development and Implementation of CARE Now: A University, Municipal Recreation Department, and Public School Collaborative Model
The Cooperative Extension Program Development Model: Adapting to a Changing Context
Factors Impacting Program Delivery: The Importance of Implementation Research in Extension
Looking Ahead: Envisioning the Future of the Extension Program Development Model
Exploring Overparenting within the Context of Youth Development Programs
2014
Exploring the Relationship between the Facilitator and Fidelity
2013
Fidelity and its Importance to Experiential Education
