Liminal spaces occur separately from everyday life and are important to human development. Due to increased technological connectivity, young people are rarely separated from their home lives. Understanding young adulthood is a transitional time and summer camps can be settings for development, the purpose of this study was to understand the nature of summer camp employment as a liminal space. Individuals from a national (USA) study of summer camp employment (n = 77, M_age = 21.3) participated in in-depth interviews. Participants were 77.9% White (n = 60), 9.1% Black or African American, 9.1% Multi-Racial, 2.6% Asian, and 1.3% Latinx. About 64.9% identified as female (n = 50), 33.8% identified as male, and 1.3% identified as gender non-conforming. Interview transcripts were inductively analyzed using thematic coding. Participants described camp as a liminal space with four dimensions of separation: physical, psychological, social, and technological. They also described experiencing a liminal time of life. In combination, the separation and time-of-life dimensions created an experience of liminal intensity manifested through a closed social system, blurred boundaries between work and non-work life, and increased autonomy. A revised conceptualization of liminal space is suggested and considerations regarding liminal intensity for young people are discussed.

阈限空间与日常生活分开出现，对人类发展很重要。由于技术连通性的提高，年轻人很少与家庭生活分开。了解青年时期是一个过渡时期，夏令营可以作为发展的场所，本研究的目的是了解夏令营就业作为一个阈限空间的性质。来自全国（美国）夏令营就业研究的个人（n  = 77，M_年龄 = 21.3）参加了深入访谈。参与者是 77.9% 的白人 ( n  = 60)、9.1% 的黑人或非裔美国人、9.1% 的多种族、2.6% 的亚洲人和 1.3% 的拉丁裔。大约 64.9% 被确定为女性 ( n = 50)，33.8% 被认定为男性，1.3% 被认定为不符合性别。使用主题编码对访谈记录进行归纳分析。参与者将营地描述为具有四个分离维度的界限空间：物理、心理、社会和技术。他们还描述了经历生命的临界时间。结合起来，分离和生命时间维度创造了一种阈限强度体验，表现为封闭的社会系统、工作和非工作生活之间的界限模糊以及自主性的增加。建议修订阈值空间的概念，并讨论有关年轻人的阈值强度的考虑。