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Check out the new literature that was added to RTWO today — SPECIAL REVIEW OF SURFING:

Benninger, E., Curtis, C., Sarkisian, G., Rogers, C., Bender, K., & Comer, M. (2020). Surf therapy: A scoping review of the qualitative and quantitative research evidence. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 11(2).

Beranbaum, S., Kouri, N., Van der Merwe, N., & D’Andrea, W. (2024). The impact of surf therapy on risk-taking and interpersonal closeness among violence-exposed youth. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 15(2).

Carneiro, L., Clemente, F., Claudino, J., Ferreira, J., Ramirez-Campillo, R., & Afonso, J. (2024). Surf therapy for people with mental health disorders: A systematic review of randomized and non-randomized controlled trials. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 24(376).

Gibbs, K., Wilkie, L., Jarman, J., Barker-Smith, A., Kemp, A., & Fisher, Z. (2022). Riding the wave into wellbeing: A qualitative evaluation of surf therapy for individuals living with acquired brain injury. PLOS One, 17(4), e0266388.

Manero, A., George, P., Yusoff, A., Olive, L., & White, J. (2024). Understanding surfing as a ‘blue space’ activity for its contributions to health and wellbeing. NPJ Ocean Sustainability, 37.

Moran, R., Sperandei, S., Peel, N., Gray, t., & Reis, A. (2024). The long-term effect of surf therapy on posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety symptomatology among current and former Australian defence force members – A nonrandomised controlled longitudinal study in a community setting. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 27, 100629.

Walter, K., Otis, N., Miggantz, E., Ray, T., Glassman, L., Beltran, J., Elliott, K., & Michalewicz- Kragh, B. (2023). Psychological and functional outcomes following a randomized controlled trial of surf and hike therapy for U.S. service members. Frontiers in Psychology, 14.

Walter, K., Otis, N., Ray, T., Glassman, L., Beltran, J., Elliott, K., Michalewicz-Kragh, B. (2023). A randomized controlled trial of surf and hike therapy for U.S. active duty service members with major depressive disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 23(109), 109.

Wilkie, L., Fisher, Z., & Kemp, A. (2022). The ‘rippling’ waves of wellbeing: A mixed methods evaluation of a surf-therapy intervention on patients with acquired brain injury. Sustainability, 14(15), 9605.

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Heather R. Porter, PhD, CTRS, FDRT

Temple University, Recreational Therapy Program

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