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The Effect of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Nursing Student Anxiety
dc.contributor.advisor | White, Steven H | |
dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Della | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-01T18:48:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-01T18:48:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-05-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15802 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27542 | |
dc.description.abstract | College students have high levels of stress, anxiety, and loneliness (Stewart , Dispenza, Parker, Chang, & Cunnien, 2014). College campus counselors strive to combat this stress and meet student needs through creative solutions (Stewart et al., 2014). Nursing student stress has a major impact on academic performance and testing anxiety is one prominent source of that stress (Gibbons, Dempster, & Moutray, 2011). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of dogs in decreasing student anxiety at a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program prior to a medication dosage calculation exam. This study uses a convenience sample randomly assigned to a control and intervention group for assessment of anxiety levels through a pre-pre, pre, post, and post-post test using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The intervention group experienced a therapy dog intervention prior to the medication dosage calculation exam. Qualitative information was collected through open-ended questions to determine the influence of the therapy dogs on the students’ anxiety levels; this information was categorized for themes and follow-up interviews completed for the most positive and negative perceptions. Using a repeated measures one-way MANOVA, p < .05, there is a statistically significance difference between groups Wilk’s ∧ = .761, F(8, 79) = 3.103, p < .01. Qualitatively, the results were positive showing the intervention calmed and relaxed students. This adds empirical knowledge to the field of animal-assisted therapy and nursing student anxiety-coping methods. | |
dc.format.extent | 88 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Curriculum development | |
dc.subject | Health education | |
dc.subject | animal-assisted therapy | |
dc.subject | anxiety | |
dc.subject | dog | |
dc.subject | nursing student | |
dc.title | The Effect of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Nursing Student Anxiety | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Hallman, Heidi | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Lundmark Barry, Arlene | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Poggio, John | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Rice, Suzanne | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Curriculum and Teaching | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | Ph.D. | |
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dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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