Who Lets the Dog In? Differential Effects of a Dog-Training Program for Incarcerated Adults.
This quasi-experimental study examined the short-term effectiveness of Dutch Cell Dogs (DCD), a short prison-based dog-training program, on anti-social behavioral and wellbeing outcomes of incarcerated adults (n = 138; men = 133; women = 5). Little is known about the responsivity of subgroups – and...
| Publicado en: | Anthrozoös Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 839 - 862 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=153654912&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 153654912 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 08927936 GZF jtl: Anthrozoös issn: 08927936 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec 2021 vid: 34 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 153654912 10.1080/08927936.2021.1938405 ppf: 839 ppct: 23 formats: tig: atl: Who Lets the Dog In? Differential Effects of a Dog-Training Program for Incarcerated Adults. aug: au: Duindam, Hanne M. Creemers, Hanneke E. Hoeve, Machteld Asscher, Jessica J. affil: Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands su: Adults Randomized controlled trials Dog training sug: subj: Adults Randomized controlled trials Dog training keyword: Anti-social behavior dog bond dog-training human–animal interaction incarceration prison wellbeing Anti-social behavior dog bond dog-training human–animal interaction incarceration prison wellbeing ab: This quasi-experimental study examined the short-term effectiveness of Dutch Cell Dogs (DCD), a short prison-based dog-training program, on anti-social behavioral and wellbeing outcomes of incarcerated adults (n = 138; men = 133; women = 5). Little is known about the responsivity of subgroups – and the prerequisites of change – in dog-training programs (DTPs). Therefore, the role of moderators (age, cultural background, correctional facility type) and predictors (dog bond, implementation process) of DCD was also assessed. Results demonstrated that DCD (n = 70) did not outperform treatment-as-usual (TAU; n = 68) in any of the outcomes, although a small negative effect was found for aggression (F = 5.552, p = 0.020), which appeared driven by the group of participants who had a weaker bond with the dog. This group had higher aggression levels after the program, compared with TAU (F = 9.443, p = 0.003). The dog bond was not associated with any other outcomes post-intervention. In addition, age moderated program effectiveness on infractions (Wald χ = 6.254, p = 0.012), suggesting differential effects for younger (< 36 years) participants. No evidence was found for the other moderators and predictor of implementation quality. In conclusion, DCD did not outperform TAU in anti-social behavioral and wellbeing outcomes. Some evidence for predictors and moderators were found. The present study is only one of the first to examine what matters for whom in a DTP for incarcerated adults. More research, preferably in the form of randomized controlled trials with sufficiently large sample sizes, is needed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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