这真的是一次失败吗? 一项关于寄养动物收养的调查
1Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|December 17, 2024
概括
寄养失败,志愿者收养他们的寄养动物,是常见的和有益的. 这种现象增强了志愿者的承诺和满意度,对动物救援组织产生了积极的影响.
科学领域:
- 动物行为和动物福利
- 志愿者心理学 志愿者心理学
- 非营利性管理的非营利性管理
背景情况:
- "育儿失败"一词在动物救援中被广泛使用,意味着经常发生的事件.
- 之前的研究还没有探讨志愿者收养养动物的患病率或影响.
- 了解这种现象对于动物福利组织和志愿者管理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查动物救援志愿者中养育失败的发生率和原因.
- 为了确定志愿者最有可能采用他们的寄养动物的特征.
- 检查物依恋风格,悲伤应对和志愿者经验对寄养收养的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项基于调查的研究对来自两个非营利组织的947名寄养志愿者进行了调查.
- 数据是通过通过合作组织和庇护所主任分发的调查收集的.
- 使用频率,相关性和回归分析来分析数据.
主要成果:
- 38%的志愿者在过去十年中没有收养过一个寄养家庭;24%的志愿者在过去十年中收养了两个或更多的家庭.
- 老年人,退休者,受教育程度较低,有猫的女性志愿者,以及那些在寄养家庭中的女性更有可能受托失败.
- 更高的物依恋,培养特殊需要的动物,更长的志愿者任期和更高的弹性与更多的寄养收养有关.
结论:
- 寄养收养不是一个"失败",而是动物,收养者和救援者的积极结果.
- 寄养收养有助于志愿者在组织中的性,满意度和长寿.
- 这种现象可以被利用来加强志愿者参与和保留动物福利.
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