Dog Training Intervention Shows Social-Cognitive Change in the Journals of Incarcerated Youth

Dog Training Intervention Shows Social-Cognitive Change in the Journals of Incarcerated Youth

There is limited research assessing the effectiveness of Animal-Assisted Therapy in at-risk adolescent populations. In a recent study, 138 adjudicated adolescents participated in a randomized controlled trial of an animal-assisted intervention, in which participants either trained shelter dogs (Teac...

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Main Authors: Tiffany Syzmanski, Rita J. Casey, Amy Johnson, Annmarie Cano, Dana Albright, Nicholas P. Seivert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
dogs
dog training
incarcerated youth
journaling
animal-assisted treatment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00302/full

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