NCT06025539Completed
Animal-assisted Resilience Training for Children With Stressful Life Events or Autism Spectrum Disorder
Effects of an Animal-assisted Resilience Training for Children With a History of Stressful Life Events or a Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 107 (actual)
- First submitted
- 22 Aug 2023
- Start date
- 10 Aug 2021
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT06025539
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 107
- From 10 Aug 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- \- Medical contraindications for contact with animals, such as allergies or phobia
Who the study is looking for
- 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.
Age in the registry: 2 years to 12 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Basel Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Basel | Switzerland | Unknown status |
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