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The Effects of Therapeutic Horse Riding, Adaptive Behavior in Adult with Intellectual Disabilities

재활승마가 지적장애 성인의 적응행동에 미치는 영향

  • An, Jung-Hun (Dept. of Physical Education, Sungkyul University) ;
  • Park, Yun-Jae (Dept. of Physical Education, Sungkyul University)
  • 안정훈 (성결대학교 체육교육과) ;
  • 박윤재 (성결대학교 체육교육과)
  • Received : 2017.11.02
  • Accepted : 2017.12.20
  • Published : 2017.12.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of therapeutic horse riding on adult with intellectual disability in terms of adaptive behavior. The subjects were 16 adults with intellectual disability. They participated in a therapeutic horse riding program of 60 minutes long, Twice a week for 12 weeks. The participants' adaptive behavior level were measured before and after 12 weeks of program with Social Maturity Scale. The data was analyzed by paired t-test using the SPSS. After 12 weeks of therapeutic horse riding program, there was a significant improvements on self-help, task, self-regulation & socialization. However, locomotion, communication changes did not reach statistical significance. The result indicates that therapeutic horse riding has a positive effect on adults with intellectual disability in self-help, task, self-regulation & socialization. This study suggests that therapeutic horse riding could be considered an effective method on adults with intellectual disability to improve adaptive behavior.

본 연구의 목적은 지적장애가 있는 성인들에게 재활승마 프로그램이 적응 행동에 미치는 영향을 조사하는 것에 있다. 대상자는 지적 장애를 가진 16명의 성인이었다. 그들은 12주 동안 일주일에 2회, 60분으로 이루어진 재활승마 프로그램에 참가하였다. 참가자의 적응 행동 수준은 사회성숙도 검사(Social Maturity Scale, SMS) 도구를 이용하여 프로그램 12주 전과 후에 측정되었다. 데이터는 SPSS를 사용하여 paired t-test로 분석하였다. 연구 결과 재활승마 프로그램의 12주 후에, 자조, 업무, 자기 규제 및 사회화에 상당한 개선이 있었다. 그러나 운동, 의사소통 변화는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 이를 종합하면 재활승마는 자조, 업무, 자기 조절 및 사회화에서 지적장애를 가진 성인에게 긍정적인 영향을 미친다고 할 수 있다. 이러한 결과는 적응력을 향상시키기 위해 지적장애가 있는 성인에게 재활승마가 효과적인 방법으로 간주될 수 있음을 시사하고 있다.

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