You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output.
Click here to find out more.
X Demographics
Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Animal-Assisted Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, November 2012
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-012-1707-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marguerite E. O’Haire |
| Abstract |
The inclusion of animals in therapeutic activities, known as animal-assisted intervention (AAI), has been suggested as a treatment practice for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This paper presents a systematic review of the empirical research on AAI for ASD. Fourteen studies published in peer-reviewed journals qualified for inclusion. The presentation of AAI was highly variable across the studies. Reported outcomes included improvements for multiple areas of functioning known to be impaired in ASD, namely increased social interaction and communication as well as decreased problem behaviors, autistic severity, and stress. Yet despite unanimously positive outcomes, most studies were limited by many methodological weaknesses. This review demonstrates that there is preliminary "proof of concept" of AAI for ASD and highlights the need for further, more rigorous research. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 40% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 880 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 5 | <1% |
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 866 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 173 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 144 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 78 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 66 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 52 | 6% |
| Other | 145 | 16% |
| Unknown | 222 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 234 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 99 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 93 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 72 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 44 | 5% |
| Other | 96 | 11% |
| Unknown | 242 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 60. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 October 2023.
All research outputs
#721,810
of 26,017,215 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#214
of 5,491 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,009
of 203,975 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
#2
of 67 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 26,017,215 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,491 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.5. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 203,975 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 67 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its contemporaries.