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Trial reportJournal of attention disorders2015

Canine-assisted therapy for children with ADHD: preliminary findings from the positive assertive cooperative kids study.

Sabrina E B Schuck, Natasha A Emmerson, Aubrey H Fine, Kimberley D Lakes

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of attention disorders, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Stand-Alone Social Skills Training for Youth with ADHD: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2019
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  15. Animal-Assisted Therapy in the Residential Treatment of Dual Pathology.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  17. What Drives Pet Food Choices? A Systematic Literature Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sabrina E B SchuckUniversity of California, Irvine, USA sabrina@uci.edu.
Natasha A EmmersonUniversity of California, Irvine, USA.
Aubrey H FineCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA.
Kimberley D LakesUniversity of California, Irvine, USA.

Funding

University of California Health Participation in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)UL1TR001414 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M, VILAIN, ERIC J. · 2015 to 2023
$35.1M
Institute for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR000153 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M · 2012 to 2015
$12.1M
Human-Animal Interactions, ADHD: Self-Esteem, Self-Regulation and Social SkillsR01HD066593 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI SCHUCK, SABRINA ELAYNE BRIERLEY · 2010 to 2013
$2.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000153NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR000153NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001414NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD002127NIMHD NIH HHS L60MD002127PHS HHS R01H066593
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe 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.

methodProject 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.

resultsAcross 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.

conclusionResults suggest that CAI offers a novel therapeutic strategy that may enhance cognitive-behavioral interventions for children with ADHD.

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Cognitive Behavioral TherapyDogsAdultAnimalsAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildFemaleHumansMaleParentsPsychotherapy, GroupTreatment OutcomeADHDcanine-assisted therapyhuman–animal interactionspet therapy

Identifiers

PMID24062278
PMCPMC4348044

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