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dc.contributor.authorNorwood, Michael Francis
dc.contributor.authorLakhani, Ali
dc.contributor.authorKendall, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorFullagar, Simone
dc.contributor.authorMaujean, Annick
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-18T04:50:30Z
dc.date.available2021-05-18T04:50:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1568-5306
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/15685306-00001835
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/404445
dc.description.abstractEvidence suggests equine-assisted activities may provide psychological benefits to young people “at-risk.” Results are presented from an equine program among 14- to 16-year-old children (N = 7), mostly boys (N = 6), attending a non-traditional flexi-school in Australia. Thematic analyses were undertaken on observations by facilitators, researchers, and a school teacher, and interviews with a school teacher. Key themes suggest that program participants benefited from positive engagement, social connectedness, and increased confidence, relationships, and attachment. Mechanisms were identified as a desire and an ability to connect with the horse and a positive environment. The social context of the equine program contrasts with other contexts in these young people’s lives, which allowed them to engage through more positive relational, affectionate behavior. For the boys, positive rather than damaging masculine behavior was displayed. Furthermore, the compatible student-environment interactions provide a backdrop which makes other positive changes possible.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherBrill
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSociety & Animals
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSport and leisure management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350405
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.titleEngaging Disenfranchised Youth through an Equine Assisted Activities Program: Understanding Psychosocial Benefits of Horse-Human Interactions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNorwood, MF; Lakhani, A; Kendall, E; Fullagar, S; Maujean, A, Engaging Disenfranchised Youth through an Equine Assisted Activities Program: Understanding Psychosocial Benefits of Horse-Human Interactions, Society & Animals, 2020
dc.date.updated2021-05-17T22:32:18Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2020 Brill Academic Publishers. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorNorwood, Michael F.
gro.griffith.authorFullagar, Simone P.
gro.griffith.authorKendall, Elizabeth


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