与小狗和操纵者之间的互动对单独操纵者对大学环境中的压力和活力的影响:一个交叉研究
Tiffani J Howell1, Dac L Mai1, Pam Draganovic1
1School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3086 and Bendigo VIC 3552, Australia.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|September 14, 2024
概括
与小狗互动,而不仅仅是成年狗,显著提高学生和工作人员的活力,并减少压力. 这一发现支持将小狗纳入大学福利计划.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 动物辅助干预措施 动物辅助干预
- 人与动物的互动.
背景情况:
- 基于校园的狗参观计划通常使用成年狗.
- 关于小狗在大学环境中对福祉的影响的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 研究与小狗互动对大学生和工作人员感知到的压力和活力的影响.
- 为了比较小狗交互的影响与只处理者交互的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个交叉设计研究与32名大学工作人员和学生.
- 参与者与单独的操纵者以及以相对平衡的顺序与小狗和操纵者互动.
- 在每次20分钟的互动之前和之后,测量了感知到的压力和活力.
主要成果:
- 当参与者首先与小狗互动时,观察到活力的增加更大.
- 与小狗互动后,感知压力的减少明显大于与单独的操纵者相比.
- 幼犬互动对生命力的积极影响似乎会延续到随后的只与 handler 互动.
结论:
- 与小狗的互动可以有效地提高活力,减少大学环境中的压力.
- 幼犬可以成功地纳入校园现有的狗辅助福利计划.
- 研究结果支持在社会化或培训计划中使用小狗,以实现更广泛的福祉计划.
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