| Summary: | 碩士 === 大葉大學 === 運動事業管理學系 === 101 === By using the theory and practice of therapeutic horseback riding in
combination with the overall environment and the therapeutic course’s
design and layout, this study aims to further compare and criticize the
intimacy change of the parent-child relationship in autistic children.
The research purposes of this study are as follows: (1) to find out
whether creating a horse-riding race course for therapeutic horseback
riding and the parent-child interaction modes would have a positive
influence on the parent-child relationship; (2) to understand the current
status and connotation of therapeutic horseback riding on the
improvement of parent-child relationship; (3) to review the possible
options of therapeutic horseback riding, and aim to include therapeutic
horseback riding in the National Health Insurance scheme.
This study conducted in-depth interview, which is a qualitative
research method, to on five parents who participated in a therapeutic
horseback riding activity. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1)
the child of the interviewed family must have been diagnosed and
confirmed by a doctor as having autism; (2) the age requirement for
participants of this therapeutic horseback riding activity must be
between the ages of six to ten considering that they are children; (3)
children who participate in the activity must have no previous
equestrian training.
The results of the initial research are: (1) the experience of
interaction in a new environment can strengthen the parent-child
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relationship; new environment experience includes the traffic from
home to the race course, and the parent-child interaction on the way; (2)
taking the cooperation initiative enhances the parent-child relationship;
parents’ participation in horse-riding on the race course gives children
positive encouragement; (3) a stable emotional attachment needs time
as a bridge; the longer the parents give out their care and love, the
more reinforced the emotional attachment is; (4) regular exercise is
beneficial to the parent-child relationship; with a metabolic equivalent
of about 2.5 to 4, therapeutic horseback riding is a moderate exercise.
Parental involvement would be more conductive to the maintenance of
parent-child relationship.
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