Acquiring a Pet Dog Significantly Reduces Stress of Primary Carers for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Prospective Case Control Study.

This study describes the impact of pet dogs on stress of primary carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Stress levels of 38 primary carers acquiring a dog and 24 controls not acquiring a dog were sampled at: Pre-intervention (17 weeks before acquiring a dog), post-intervention (3-10...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 45; no. 8; pp. 2531 - 2541
Autores principales: Wright, H., Hall, S., Hames, A., Hardiman, J., Mills, R., Mills, D.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2015
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          Wright, H.
          Hall, S.
          Hames, A.
          Hardiman, J.
          Mills, R.
          Mills, D.
        affil: School of Life Sciences, Joseph Banks Laboratories, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7DL UK
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          Caregivers Psychosocial Factors
          Parents Psychosocial Factors
          Pet Therapy
          Stress Therapy
          Dogs
          Autism Spectrum Disorder In Infancy and Childhood
          Human
          Questionnaires
          Child, Preschool
          Adolescence
          Summated Rating Scaling
          T-Tests
          Data Analysis Software
          Parenting
          Analysis of Covariance
          Female
          Male
          Child
          Experimental Studies
          Control Group
          Fisher's Exact Test
          Two-Tailed Test
          Post Hoc Analysis
          McNemar's Test
          Chi Square Test
          Parent-Child Relations
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Child: 6-12 years
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      ab: This study describes the impact of pet dogs on stress of primary carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Stress levels of 38 primary carers acquiring a dog and 24 controls not acquiring a dog were sampled at: Pre-intervention (17 weeks before acquiring a dog), post-intervention (3-10 weeks after acquisition) and follow-up (25-40 weeks after acquisition), using the Parenting Stress Index. Analysis revealed significant improvements in the intervention compared to the control group for Total Stress, Parental Distress and Difficult Child. A significant number of parents in the intervention group moved from clinically high to normal levels of Parental Distress. The results highlight the potential of pet dogs to reduce stress in primary carers of children with an ASD.
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