The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT) group program on the reduction of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms in military veterans. Prior research suggests that longitudinal equine therapy programs result in lowered PTSD scores, however, fail to acknowledge veterans in Suffolk County, Long Island. The researcher conducted a mixed method correlational case study with veterans from a local Veterans Affairs (VA) Center which acted as a control. Beck’s Anxiety Inventory and NIMH Loneliness surveys were disseminated and anecdotal comments were collected in order to achieve an all encompassing approach. Participants included veterans of ages 29-68 from the XYZ equine therapy foundation and from a local VA, with an overwhelming majority of participants being white females. Initial results showed decreased anxiety and loneliness scores, suggesting that equine therapy is associated with a decrease in PTSD symptoms. Therefo...
This study was conducted in order to investigate the effect different media outlets have on Gener... more This study was conducted in order to investigate the effect different media outlets have on Generation Z’s politicalknowledge in New York. Through a purposive sample, the political knowledge of 484 high school and college-agedstudents was tested using a Google Survey. The researcher conducted this research using a correlational studyresearch design. Each respondent was asked to complete a survey of 16 questions, 12 of those questions testingpolitical knowledge. The researcher calculated the correlations between the average percent correct for all mediaoutlets and the average percent correct for respondents who claimed they acquired their political information fromeach media outlet (social media, newspaper, radio, locally televised news and nationally televised news). Not everyage group in Generation Z was tested, due to the fact that many members of Generation Z are too young to completethe survey. Additional research that goes into more detail about which specific platform within e...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT) group program on the reduction of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms in military veterans. Prior research suggests that longitudinal equine therapy programs result in lowered PTSD scores, however, fail to acknowledge veterans in Suffolk County, Long Island. The researcher conducted a mixed method correlational case study with veterans from a local Veterans Affairs (VA) Center which acted as a control. Beck’s Anxiety Inventory and NIMH Loneliness surveys were disseminated and anecdotal comments were collected in order to achieve an all encompassing approach. Participants included veterans of ages 29-68 from the XYZ equine therapy foundation and from a local VA, with an overwhelming majority of participants being white females. Initial results showed decreased anxiety and loneliness scores, suggesting that equine therapy is associated with a decrease in PTSD symptoms. Therefo...
This study was conducted in order to investigate the effect different media outlets have on Gener... more This study was conducted in order to investigate the effect different media outlets have on Generation Z’s politicalknowledge in New York. Through a purposive sample, the political knowledge of 484 high school and college-agedstudents was tested using a Google Survey. The researcher conducted this research using a correlational studyresearch design. Each respondent was asked to complete a survey of 16 questions, 12 of those questions testingpolitical knowledge. The researcher calculated the correlations between the average percent correct for all mediaoutlets and the average percent correct for respondents who claimed they acquired their political information fromeach media outlet (social media, newspaper, radio, locally televised news and nationally televised news). Not everyage group in Generation Z was tested, due to the fact that many members of Generation Z are too young to completethe survey. Additional research that goes into more detail about which specific platform within e...
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