Pet dog ownership in families of children with autism : children's social skills and attachment to their dogs

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Label

Pet dog ownership in families of children with autism : children's social skills and attachment to their dogs

Title remainder

children's social skills and attachment to their dogs

Statement of responsibility

by Gretchen K. Carlisle

Creator

• Carlisle, Gretchen K

Author

• Carlisle, Gretchen K

Subject

• Autism spectrum disorders in children -- Treatment
• Autistic Disorder -- psychology
• Autistic children -- Rehabilitation
• Bonding, Human-Pet
• Child
• Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Nursing
• Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- nursing
• Dogs
• Dogs -- Therapeutic use
• Electronic dissertations
• Animal Assisted Therapy
• Human-animal relationships
• Object Attachment
• Social Behavior
• Social skills
• autism spectrum disorder
• dog ownership
• emotional attachment
• social skills
• Electronic government information -- Missouri
• Attachment behavior in children

Genre

• Electronic government information
• Electronic dissertations

Language

eng

Summary

This study compared the social skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder who lived with dogs and those who did not live with dogs. Interaction with dogs was investigated in this population, along with the attachment of those children who lived with dogs. This cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted using a telephone survey. Seventy caregivers rated their child using the Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scale, and responded to open-ended questions regarding their child's interaction with dogs. Children living with dogs completed the Companion Animal Bonding Scale. Two-sample t-tests were used for comparison of children with and without dogs. Thematic analysis was used to evaluate the qualitative data. In seven of eight social skill areas, the mean social skill scores of children with dogs were greater than for those without dogs. Eighty-nine percent of parents with dogs described their child as "very attached" and children reported high bonding to their dogs using the CABS. Parents indicated the benefits of dog ownership for their child with ASD were companionship, unconditional love and responsibility opportunities. The findings suggest that dog ownership may be beneficial for some children with ASD

Cataloging source

MMU

Degree

Ph. D.

Dissertation year

2012.

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Granting institution

University of Missouri--Columbia

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

RJ506.A9

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• theses
• bibliography

NLM call number

WS 350.8.P4