This study examined the relationships between religious coping, coping resources, and depressive symptoms. The authors tested whether coping resources explained the link between religious coping and depressive symptoms in a sample of 349 college students. Results indicated that coping resources partially mediated the relationship between negative religious coping and depressive symptoms, primarily through decreased social ease. The results offered no evidence that coping resources mediated the relationship between positive religious coping and depressive symptoms.

tis the eighth day of a twelve-day adventure-based course with juvenile offenders. Several issues have come to a boiling point today, and as the lead instructor, you are frustrated and con fused about how to continue. The greatest problems appear to be rooted in the dynamics of the group. Prior to today, the group seemed to be working well together. In fact, several members of the group were recently overheard discussing what a well-functioning group this was. Today, the dynamics of the group disintegrated when they were given the task of planning three of the last four days of the trip. The varied personalities of the group have appeared and have brought the group to a standstill. You feel you need to continue to try "something" to facilitate growth for the group as well as for individ uals in the group. The problem is you do not know what that "some thing" should be.Adventure therapy focuses on "placing clients in activities that challenge dysfunctional behavior and reward functional change" (Gass, 1993, p. 5). The medi um by which to accomplish these goals is often the out doors, utilizing outdoor adventure pursuits and other activities to enhance individual growth and develop ment. The use of these types of programs is growing as therapists seek out alternative techniques and locations for service delivery have focused on sequential (linear) theories of group development (McPhee & Gass, 1993). These theories can be summarized in the forming, storming, norming, and performing stages (Tuckman, 1965) presented in 162