Frontiers in pediatrics.
Publisher:
Frontiers Media SA,
Country: Switzerland
Language: English
Start Year:2012 -
ISSN:
2296-2360 (Electronic)
2296-2360 (Linking)
2296-2360 (Linking)
Impact Factor
2.6
2022
| NLM ID: | 101615492 |
| (OCoLC): | 857117301 |
| LCCN: | 2013243543 |
Self-Regulation Mediates Therapeutic Horseback Riding Social Functioning Outcomes in Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Emerging evidence suggests therapeutic horseback riding improves self-regulation behaviors, social functioning, and language in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It has been theorized that interacting with horses is calming for youth with ASD, which may influence social and language outcomes. The current study is an exploratory secondary mediation analysis of a previously published randomized controlled trial of therapeutic horseback riding for youth with ASD. We hypothesized that self-regulation would mediate therapeutic horseback riding's effect on social and language outcomes in yo...