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  • Connecting for Health: Playing with horses as a therapeutic tool

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    Maujean, Annick
    Kendall, Elizabeth
    Roquet, Lillan
    Sharp, Tony
    Pringle, Graham
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kendall, Elizabeth
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    This pilot study examined a brief psychological intervention using horses as a therapeutic tool to improve levels of self-esteem, self-efficacy, and facilitate the development of life skills in a group of disengaged youths (n = 16). Participants and their case managers were interviewed after completion of the program to explore their responses to the intervention. Interview transcripts were coded to identify participants' experiences and outcomes. Five themes emerged from these interviews, namely, (a) enjoyment, (b) psychological and social benefits, (c) engagement, (d) transferrable skills, and (e) mechanisms of change. The ...
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    This pilot study examined a brief psychological intervention using horses as a therapeutic tool to improve levels of self-esteem, self-efficacy, and facilitate the development of life skills in a group of disengaged youths (n = 16). Participants and their case managers were interviewed after completion of the program to explore their responses to the intervention. Interview transcripts were coded to identify participants' experiences and outcomes. Five themes emerged from these interviews, namely, (a) enjoyment, (b) psychological and social benefits, (c) engagement, (d) transferrable skills, and (e) mechanisms of change. The findings of this study indicate that this type of intervention may provide a viable option for youths who are disengaged from school and/or the community and who have not responded to traditional interventions.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Community Psychology
    Volume
    41
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21547
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Connecting for Health: Playing with horses as a therapeutic tool, Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 41(4), 2013 pp. 515-522, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21547.
    Subject
    Other psychology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/55756
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