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Canine-assisted Psychotherapy Motivation Alliance

NCT05384808 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2024-07-18

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Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the needed extent and the way a dog is integrated into psychotherapeutic interventions for them to be motivating and alliance building for children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders aged 9 to 17 years old. Specifically, we want to elaborate if the dog needs to be integrated into the therapy in a form that it is part of the therapeutic context or if the presence of the dog without being part of the therapeutic context per se is beneficial.

Conditions

  • Motivation
  • Alliance, Therapeutic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Psychotherapy

Participants receive a standard psychotherapy session with no dog being present.

BEHAVIORAL

Canine-assisted psychotherapy with dog actively integrated.

A dog is present and actively integrated into the therapeutic narrative.

BEHAVIORAL

Canine-assisted psychotherapy with dog passively integrated.

A dog is present but not actively integrated into the therapeutic narrative.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Basel

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-01
Primary Completion
2025-03-31
Completion
2028-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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