The researcher carried out this research with the aim of identifying participation in recreational camps and its relationship to self-efficacy and a positive outlook of the future among students, and the researcher used the descriptive approach, A measure of participation, self-efficacy, and positive outlook for the future was applied by the researcher's design to collect data. The research was applied to a sample of (602) from Mansoura University students for the basic experiment and (50) for the exploratory experiment, The most important results were the awareness and understanding of most students of the concept of recreational camps, activities of the social field and the public service of recreational camps gain the attention of most students, The presence of a high level of self-efficacy and a positive outlook of the future among students who participate in the camps, and a correlation between students 'participation in camps and self-efficacy and a positive view of the future , The most important recommendations were the necessity for the Ministry of Higher Education to pay attention to developing a strategic plan and implementing it for the idea of recreational camps week in universities to serve the environment and society and include it in the ministry's plans every year, it is important for different media to develop a media strategy aimed at changing and adjusting the trends of the mass sector towards recreational camps, consolidating their concept and clarifying the returns from them at all personal and social levels.