Randomized Control Trial of an Animal-Assisted Intervention With Adjudicated Youth

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Conduct Disorder, Depression, Anxiety

In brief

The project involves testing the efficacy of an animal-assisted intervention (AAI). The AAI consists of a 10-week program in which adjudicated adolescents train shelter dogs and will be compared to a dog walking control group matched for educational content and dog contact time. The investigators expect that the AAI will result in improved empathy skills and that dog attachment will explain these findings. The investigators also explore the extent to which the AAI will improve internalizing and externalizing symptoms in these adolescents.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01594606

Run by

Wayne State University

People needed

150

Starts

2012-05-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-09

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• must be a resident of participating juvenile justice center in Michigan

You may not qualify if…

• none

Where it is running

• Macomb County Juvenile Justice Center — Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States

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