与物狗的互动对心理痛苦的影响
Angela Matijczak1, Morgan S Yates2, Molly C Ruiz1
1Department of Psychology, Yale University.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|August 10, 2023
概括
与自己的物狗互动显著增加积极的情绪,并减少压力事件后的焦虑. 与你的狗更高的参与进一步减少了负面情绪,突出了人与动物联系的情绪提升益处.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 人与动物的互动
- 压力和应对 压力和应对
背景情况:
- 数以百万计的家庭拥有物狗,但对与自己的狗互动的情绪提升作用的经验证据是有限的.
- 虽然已知治疗狗的互动可以减少痛苦,但主人和物狗的互动的具体影响需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 经验性地研究与自己的物狗互动后的情绪增强效应诱导压力任务.
- 为了比较主人和物狗的相互作用对影响和状态焦虑的期望控制和等待控制的影响.
主要方法:
- 七十三名狗主人参加了一项引发压力的任务后.
- 参与者被随机分配与他们的狗互动,与"减轻压力的"彩色图书 (预期控制) 互动,或等待控制组.
- 影响和状态焦虑被测量在各种条件. 狗主人与他们的物互动也被编码.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,与狗互动导致积极影响的显著增加和焦虑的减少.
- 没有观察到负面影响的显著减少.
- 与狗的更高参与度 (例如,玩时间) 预计会减少负面影响.
结论:
- 与自己的物狗互动有效地减少了主人痛苦,并增强了积极的情感.
- 与物狗互动的常见,日常做法具有大规模减轻困境的潜力.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解这些情绪增强效应的精确机制和个体适应性.
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