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Canine-Assisted Therapy for Children With ADHD: Preliminary Findings From The Positive Assertive Cooperative Kids Study
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to provide preliminary findings from an ongoing randomized clinical trial using a canine-assisted intervention (CAI) for 24 children with ADHD. METHOD: Project Positive Assertive Cooperative Kids (P.A.C.K.) was designed to study a 12-week cognitive-behavioral intervention delivered with or without CAI. Children were randomly assigned to group therapy with or without CAI. Parents of children in both groups simultaneously participated in weekly parent group therapy sessions. RESULTS: Across both treatment groups, parents reported improvements in children's social skills, prosocial behaviors, and problematic behaviors. In both groups, the severity of ADHD symptoms declined during the course of treatment; however, children who received the CAI model exhibited greater reductions in the severity of ADHD symptoms than did children who received cognitive-behavioral therapy without CAI. CONCLUSION: Results suggest that CAI offers a novel therapeutic strategy that may enhance cognitive-behavioral interventions for children with ADHD.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Schuck, S. E. B., Emmerson, N. A., Fine, A. H., & Lakes, K. D.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- California State Polytechnic University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Attention Disorders
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-09-23
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 125-137
- ISSN
- 1087-0547 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-1246
- PMC
- PMC4348044
- OpenAlex
- W1974247270
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 2.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Attention Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001414, UL1TR000153, TR000153)
- U.S. Public Health Service (R01H066593)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Center for Research Resources (TR000153)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (L60 MD002127)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01H066593)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
- Keywords
- dog-assisted therapy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, children, cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy, social skills, prosocial behavior, problematic behavior, ADHD symptom severity, animal-assisted interventions
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Animals, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Dogs, Female, Humans, Male, Parents, Psychotherapy, Group, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome
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