Chantelle G. Connell's research while affiliated with La Trobe University and other places
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Publications (2)
Recently, studies have begun to examine the educational and cognitive benefits of interacting with animals, specifically dogs. This study contributes to this research, with a focus on executive functioning abilities in six- to eight-year-old children. A naturalistic sample of 63 participants were allocated to one of three conditions, with varying l...
Dog-assisted educational programs, including reading programs, are becoming an area of research focus, based on claims of various advantages for children. However, while available findings typically indicate benefits for the children involved, the low quality of evidence makes it difficult to draw valid inferences. In the current study three dog-as...
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... This supports previous research that found that horse-back riding and equine-assisted therapy can improve self-regulatory behaviours, with a previous review suggesting improvements in hyperactivity, irritability, and task engagement in autistic children and adolescents [82]. The research on therapeutic programs incorporating a dog was less consistent; in one study, participants with a poorer baseline demonstrated significant improvements in EFs [79], while two studies found no significant differences [71,76]. Interestingly, most of the studies that reported improvements in EFs were longer-term programs, taking place over more than seven weeks [70,[73][74][75]77,78], while a six-week program [72] and a four-week program [76] reported mixed and no significant findings, respectively. ...
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... Authors call for more robust studies, which include direct causal links between RTD/effects and theory, larger sample sizes, measuring of sustained changes, better design and reporting, and clear specifications of interventions and participants to understand who RTD might be most beneficial for (individual differences in participants are likely to mediate RTD outcomes [Hall et al., 2016], so involving animals where only evidence of benefits exists would ensure best practice, and support animal welfare by minimising interactions [Brelsford et al., 2017]). Since Hall et al.'s (2016) and Brelsford et al.'s (2017) seminal SRs, various additional studies have been published, many which have adhered to their calls for greater methodological rigour (Connell et al., 2019;Kirnan et al., 2016;Kirnan & Ventresco, 2018;Lewis & Nicholas, 2018;Rousseau & Tardif-Williams, 2019;Steel, 2023;Syrnyk et al., 2022). ...
