Stressed students can reduce anxiety, enhance thinking skills by petting therapy dogs: Study ANI | Updated: May 16, 2021 19:26 IST
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): A new study has found that college students who are under pressure may bust their stress by spending time petting a therapy dog.
The study was published in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.
According to the new Washington State University research, programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information.
The study demonstrated that stressed students still exhibited these cognitive skills improvements up to six weeks after completion of the four-week-long program.
Petting therapy dogs can reduce anxiety, enhance thinking skills in stressed students
Washington: Pet your stress away! For college students under pressure, spending time petting a therapy dog can work as the best stress buster. The study was published in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.
According to the new Washington State University research, programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information.
The study demonstrated that stressed students still exhibited these cognitive skills improvements up to six weeks after completion of the four-week-long program.
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LAWRENCE By many estimates, the Montessori educational approach is the most prevalent alternative pedagogy model in public schools across the United States. While its history stretches back a century, the Montessori model has historically been underrepresented in the field of educational research.
One researcher leading the charge into examining the Montessori education model is Angela Murray, director of the Center for Montessori Research (CMR) within the Achievement and Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas.
“Montessori education has been around for 100 years, but it s always kind of been its own thing, a little bit of a niche of educational approach,” Murray said. “And now there s a growing interest in Montessori education in the public arena.”
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IMAGE: Enzo, a Labrador retriever and experienced therapy dog, enjoys some attention and relaxation during the WSU stress management study with students. view more
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For college students under pressure, a dog may be the best stress fighter around.
Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information, according to new Washington State University research.
AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. The paper demonstrated that stressed students still exhibited these cognitive skills improvements up to six weeks after completion of the four-week-long program.