The Efficacy of Equine Assisted Group Counseling with At-Risk Children and Adolescents Metadata

Title

• Main Title The Efficacy of Equine Assisted Group Counseling with At-Risk Children and Adolescents

Creator

• Author: Trotter, Kay Sudekum
  Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

• Chair: Chandler, Cynthia K.
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Major Professor
• Chair: Bratton, Sue C.
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Co-Major Professor
• Committee Member: Berg, Robert C., 1938-
  Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

• Name: University of North Texas
  Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

• Creation: 2006-12
• Digitized: 2008-04-11

Language

• English

Description

• Content Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of equine assisted group counseling as compared to in-school curriculum group guidance/counseling. Research examined externalizing, internalizing, maladaptive, and adaptive behaviors of elementary and middle school students who were considered at-risk of academic or social failure. Two types of behavior instruments, the Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC)-Self-Rating, Parent-Rating, and Teacher-Rating Scales; and the Animal Assisted Therapy-Psychosocial Session Form (AAT-PSF), were used in a pretest-posttest comparison group quasi experimental design. Results of the paired sample t-test analysis of the BASC Self-Report indicated that the equine assisted counseling group showed statistically significant improvement in five behavior areas, and the in-school curriculum group guidance/counseling group showed statistically significant improvement in four areas, with only one behavior area the same as the equine assisted counseling group. Results of the paired sample t-test analysis of the BASC Parent-Report indicated that the equine assisted counseling group showed statistically significant improvement in twelve behavior areas, whereas the in-school curriculum group guidance/counseling showed statistically significant improvement in only one behavior area. Results of the paired sample t-test analysis of the BASC Teacher-Report indicated that the equine assisted counseling group showed no statistically significant improvement; however the in-school curriculum group guidance/counseling group showed statistically significant improvement in one area. An ANCOVA comparison of equine assisted counseling group verses in-school curriculum guidance/counseling group using the BASC Self, Parent, and Teacher-Reports indicated that the equine assisted counseling group showed statistically significant improvement in seven behavior areas that the in-school curriculum guidance/counseling group did not. Results of the repeated measures ANOVA of the AAT-PSF (equine assisted counseling group only) showed statistically significant improvement in all 3-scale scores: 1) overall total behaviors; 2) increased positive behaviors; and 3) decreased negative behaviors.

Subject

• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Horses -- Therapeutic use.
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Group counseling for children.
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Group counseling for teenagers.
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Problem youth -- Counseling of.
• Keyword: equine assisted counseling
• Keyword: animal assisted counseling
• Keyword: school guidance

Collection

• Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
  Code: UNTETD

Institution

• Name: UNT Libraries
  Code: UNT

Rights

• Rights Access: public
• Rights License: copyright
• Rights Holder: Trotter, Kay Sudekum
• Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

• Thesis or Dissertation

Format

• Text

Identifier

• OCLC: 123753796
• Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc5489

Degree

• Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
• Degree Level: Doctoral
• Degree Discipline: Counseling
• Academic Department: Department of Counseling, Development and Higher Education
• Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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