Role of 4-H Dog Programs in Life Skills Development

Ellsworth, Lindsay Madden; Keen, Heidi A.; Mills, Paulette E.; Newman, Jerry; Martin, François; Coffey, Todd; Newberry, Ruth C.

doi:10.1080/08927936.2017.1270596

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“…Specific qualities such as intimacy in pet relationships have been measured with the NRI (Bryant & Donnellan, 2007;Cassels et al, 2017), although some studies have derived a single measure of pet dog relationship support based on multiple positive qualities (Hall et al, 2016;Kerns et al, 2017;Kertes et al, 2018). Other investigators have used the Lexington Attachment Scale (LAPS; Johnson et al, 1992)-initially developed for adults-or the CENSHARE Pet Attachment Scale (Westgarth et al, 2013), both of which can be used to obtain an overall measure of positive pet relationship quality (Bures et al, 2019;Charmaraman et al, 2020;Madden Ellsworth et al, 2017;Westgarth et al, 2013). Items for these measures were developed specifically for assessing children's relationships with pets.…”

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Assessing children's relationships with pet dogs: A multi‐method approach

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Relationships with pet dogs are thought to provide substantial benefits for children, but the study of these relationships has been hindered by a lack of validated measures. Approaches to assessing the quality of children's pet dog relationships have tended to focus on positive relationship qualities and to rely on self-report questionnaires. The aim of this study was to develop and test multiple measures that could be used to assess both positive and negative features of children's relationships with pet dogs. In a sample of 115 children ages 9-14 years who were pet dog owners, we assessed six qualities of pet dog relationships: Affection, Nurturance of Pet, Emotional Support from Pet, Companionship, Friction with Pet, and Pets as Substitutes for People.All qualities were assessed with child questionnaires, parent questionnaires, and child daily reports of interactions with pets. We found substantial convergence in reports from different observers and across different measurement approaches. Principal components analyses and correlations suggested overlap for many of the positive qualities, which tended to be distinct from negative relationship qualities.The study provides new tools which could be used to testThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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Retention and future involvement in the American Kennel Club Junior Showmanship Program, a youth dog breed conformation competition

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Similar to other organizations that encourage positive youth development, the American Kennel Club (AKC) created the Junior Showmanship program to develop skills and pave a path for the next generation of competitors in canine conformation. Although participants age out of the Junior Showmanship Program when they turn eighteen, the hope is that Juniors will continue to be active in dog sports into adulthood. Females are overly represented in all age groups in this survey and in current participation. Although both males and females most commonly stopped participating at age 17 or 18, males had a significantly higher drop out at age 15. Further study is warranted to investigate factors specifically pertaining to male participation. A strong Belief System Model which accounted for positive responses associated with camaraderie and mentoring during the showmanship program was significantly (p=0.01) associated with commitment, member interest and active participation as an adult. In addition, success in the show ring was associated with future involvement in conformation or dog sports. Thus, both perceived achievement and mentorship by adult “volunteers” were associated with continued participation.

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4-H State Leadership Boards: Measuring Leadership Life Skills and Youth-Adult Relationships

Moran

Bunch

Cater

2019

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This descriptive correlational study sought to measure the development of leadership life skills and the perceptions of youth-adult relationships by youth serving on the Louisiana 4-H State Leadership Boards. Members of the 2013-2014 Louisiana 4-H State Leadership Boards (N = 153) served as the population for the study. A total of 99 responses were collected yielding a response rate of 65%. Board members reported high levels of youth involvement, adult involvement, and youth-adult interaction. Based on the high levels of involvement and interaction, youth-adult partnerships were present on the Louisiana 4-H State Leadership Boards. Future research should be conducted to determine if there is a difference in youth who serve on the Louisiana 4-H State Leadership Boards and other 4-H members who do not serve on the boards. No statistically significant relationship existed between the development of leadership life skills and youth-adult partnerships. Future research should investigate the subject deeper to determine why the two variables had no significant relationship in this study.

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Role of 4-H Dog Programs in Life Skills Development

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Assessing children's relationships with pet dogs: A multi‐method approach

Assessing children's relationships with pet dogs: A multi‐method approach

Retention and future involvement in the American Kennel Club Junior Showmanship Program, a youth dog breed conformation competition

4-H State Leadership Boards: Measuring Leadership Life Skills and Youth-Adult Relationships

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