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Evaluating Animal-Assisted Therapy in Group Treatment for Child Sexual Abuse
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This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of three group interventions on trauma symptoms for children who have been sexually abused. All of the groups followed the same treatment protocol, with two of them incorporating variations of animal-assisted therapy. A total of 153 children ages 7 to 17 who were in group therapy at a Child Advocacy Center participated in the study. Results indicate that children in the groups that included therapy dogs showed significant decreases in trauma symptoms including anxiety, depression, anger, post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociation, and sexual concerns. In addition, results show that children who participated in the group with therapeutic stories showed significantly more change than the other groups. Implications and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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“In contrast, two studies [40, 41] indicated that this may be a crucial component of the treatment process.”
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“There is some evidence to suggest that AAT, and in particular CAP, is an effective intervention for child and adolescent populations with neurodevelopmental difficulties [31, 32] and trauma symptoms [33, 41].”
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“This resulted in further significant improvements to trauma symptoms over and above the groups with canines but no stories, and over treatment as usual (without canines) [41].”
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“This is important to explore further, as meaningful integration of canines into the therapeutic process has been shown to increase efficacy [41].”
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“Crucially, relevant and meaningful canine-presence that is clearly related to the psychotherapeutic content has been found to have a superior effect to incidental presence [41] and warrants further research.”
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“Dietz et al. (2012) found that all three group therapy treatment groups made preintervention to post-intervention improvements on PTSD symptoms, with the group combining storytelling therapy with animal assisted therapy showing the most improvements.”
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“In the second study (S2), the authors provided references from the literature indicating the importance of group members receiving guidance from therapists while supporting one another as they share and process their experiences in order to provide participants a safe environment (19).”
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“Additionally, specifically to young people who have experienced sexual abuse, their participation has contributed to a reduction in short-term symptoms of depression and trauma (Dietz et al., 2012; Kemp et al., 2014).”
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“This premise has been applied in a wide variety of conditions including pervasive developmental and psychiatric disorders, victims of sexual abuse, dementia, fibromyalgia, and stroke (Dietz et al., 2012; Muñoz Lasa et al., 2013).”
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“This facilitator holds responsibility for guiding a client through a therapeutic process with set goals and individualised outcomes (Dietz et al., 2012; Zenithson et al., 2014).”
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Posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dietz, T. J., Davis, D., & Pennings, J.
- Affiliations
- Texas Christian University (US)
- Alliance for Children
- Elite Research
- Corresponding author
- Dietz, Tracy J.
- ORCID
- Pennings, Jacquelyn
- Venue
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-11
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 665-683
- ISSN
- 1053-8712 (ISSN-L)
- 1547-0679
- OpenAlex
- W2015915867
- Cited by
- 165
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 5.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- animal-assisted therapy, therapy dogs, child sexual abuse, group therapy, trauma symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociation, anxiety, depression, anger, sexual concerns, therapeutic stories, child advocacy centers, children
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Animals, Human-Animal Bond, Child, Child Abuse, Sexual, Child Behavior, Dogs, Female, Humans, Male, Psychotherapy, Group, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, United States, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Animal Assisted Therapy
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