Animal-assisted Resilience Training for Children With Stressful Life Events or Autism Spectrum Disorder

NCT ID: NCT06025539

Last Updated: 2025-11-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

83 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-08-10

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of an animal-assisted resilience training in children who experienced stressful life events or who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Is an animal-assisted resilience training a feasible approach to increase resilience in children with a history of stressful life events or a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder?

Participants will take part in 12 training sessions of a standardized resilience training. The training is group-based, takes place outdoors, and includes interactions with different animals. It focuses on self-esteem, self-perception, dealing with emotions, and social competence.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Autism Spectrum Disorder Life Change Events

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Animal-assisted resilience training

12 sessions of group-based, animal-assisted resilience training.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Animal-assisted resilience training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants take part in 12 sessions (120 minutes each), each session focuses on a topic that is related to resilience. The intervention takes part outdoors on a farm, and includes interactions with several different animals. The training takes place in small groups, and includes exercises, observations, and discussions.

Interventions

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Animal-assisted resilience training

Participants take part in 12 sessions (120 minutes each), each session focuses on a topic that is related to resilience. The intervention takes part outdoors on a farm, and includes interactions with several different animals. The training takes place in small groups, and includes exercises, observations, and discussions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 2 and 4 years (toddler group) or 8 and 12 years (children group)
* History of at least one stressful life event experience OR diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
* Basic knowledge of either German or English of parents and child to follow the instructions during the training sessions and completion of interviews.

Exclusion Criteria

\- Medical contraindications for contact with animals, such as allergies or phobia
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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Resilience training

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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