Author/Editor     Zurc, Jelena; Dovžan, Aleš; Ahčin, Andreja; Gašparić, Mojca
Title     Vpliv konja na mladostnike
Translated title     Influence of horse on adolescents
Type     članek
Source     266557184
Publication year     2013
Volume     str. 219-227
Language     slv
Abstract     Članek obravnava vpliv konja na mladostnikov osebnostni razvoj tako na fizičnem, kognitivnem, socialnem kot čustvenem področju. Raziskava je bila izvedena v šolskem letu 2011/2012 v okviru konjeniškega krožka na posestvu Biotehniškega centra Naklo. Podatke smo zbrali z metodami opazovanja, anketiranja in poglobljenih intervjujev. Pri raziskavi smo uporabili konja hladnokrvna križanca, ki sta primerna za prvi stik mladostnika s konjem. Mladostniki so bili opazovani z vidika napredka pri stiku s konjem in pri jahanju. Zanimalo nas je kako se pri delu mladostnikov s konjem lahko izboljšanjihova komunikativnost, zaupanje v lastne sposobnosti in oblikuje večja socialna mreža. Poleg tega nas je zanimalo, kako se mladostniki odzivajov stiku s konjem ter kako doživljajo konja in sebe. Raziskava je pokazala pozitivne učinke konja na mladostnike in sicer na njihove osebnostne lastnosti, telesne spretnosti, čustva, znanje mladostnikov in povečano socialno mrežo.The article addresses the influence of horses on the personal development of adolescents on four different levels: physical, cognitive, social and emotional. The research was carried out by the equestrian club at the Biotechnical Centre Naklo in the school year of 2011/2012. We collected the data by means of observation, questionnaires and profound interviews. For our 220 research we used two cold blooded horses, appropriate for adolescentćs first contact with horses. The adolescents were observed in terms of progress of their contact with the horses and riding. We were interested in both how adolescents' communication and confidence in their abilities can be improved when working with horses and how to create a bigger social network. In addition we were interested in how the adolescents react in contact with the horses and how they perceive themselves and the horses. The research has shownpositive effects of horses on the adolescents, to be more precise, on their personal characteristics, physical abilities, emotions, knowledge and bigger social network.
Keywords     terapija s pomočjo konj
mladostniki
osebnostni razvoj
kognitivne lastnosti
čustvene lastnosti
konji
equine therapy
adolescents
personal development
cognitive characteristics
emotional characteristics
horses