物狗的心理活动对压力反应效应的影响
Kerri E Rodriguez1, Dan J Graham2,3, Rachel G Lucas-Thompson3,4
1Human-Animal Bond in Colorado, School of Social Work, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
International journal of environmental research and public health
|November 10, 2023
概括
精神上激活物狗的支持极小地降低了应激反应,没有显著的生理变化. 物的身体存在可能是它们减轻压力的关键.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 人与动物的互动
- 压力研究 压力研究
背景情况:
- 众所周知,人类的社会支持可以缓冲压力反应.
- 物社会支持,特别是心理激活在减轻压力的作用是不太了解的.
研究的目的:
- 调查心理激活物狗的支持是否会降低压力反应.
- 为了比较物狗心理激活与一般心理激活对应激反应的影响.
主要方法:
- 132名狗主人参与了一项2x2的因数设计研究.
- 参与者被分配到物狗或一般心理激活,以及社会评估或认知压力条件.
- 通过自我报告的影响,自我评估和生理标记 (血压,心率) 来测量压力反应性.
主要成果:
- 与一般激活相比,物狗的心理激活导致压力后积极影响的减少较小.
- 条件之间的负面影响,负面自我评估,心率或血压之间没有发现显著差异.
- 物狗的心理激活对整体压力反应能力的影响很小.
结论:
- 精神上激活物狗的支持对应激反应对认知或社会评估压力因素的影响有限.
- 物的身体存在可能比单独的精神激活更为关键,以获得社会支持的好处.
- 未来的研究应该探索动物来源的社会支持影响压力的机制.
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