在社会压力任务期间,青少年和治疗犬的互动行为编码
Seana Dowling-Guyer1, Katie Dabney1, Elizabeth A R Robertson1
1Center for Animals and Public Policy, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 200 Westboro Rd., North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
Veterinary sciences
|December 27, 2024
概括
与现场治疗犬的互动,特别是与身体接触,增强积极的参与者行为,并影响狗的反应,对于青少年心理健康干预至关重要. 了解这些相互作用是干预成功和动物福利的关键.
科学领域:
- 动物辅助干预措施
- 青少年心理健康 青少年心理健康
- 伦理学和行为分析分析.
背景情况:
- 在青少年心理健康方面,治疗动物计划正在增长,但特定的人与狗的交互行为需要进一步研究.
- 了解这些行为对于优化干预有效性和确保动物福利至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发用于评估人类和治疗犬在社会压力任务期间的行为.
- 探索人类和狗的互动行为之间的关系.
- 为了检查这些行为在不同的身体接触条件下如何不同.
主要方法:
- 利用了先前实验研究的视频数据,其中包括50个人与治疗犬的相互作用和25个对照相互作用.
- 开发了具有高interrater可靠性的行为类型图,以分类附属和与压力相关的行为.
- 在不同条件下比较行为:活狗与毛狗,以及有与没有身体接触.
主要成果:
- 在活狗和毛狗条件之间观察到行为差异,以及何时允许身体接触.
- 参与者在与活狗进行身体互动时表现出更积极的行为 (例如,笑,微笑).
- 根据触摸/抚摸的情况,狗的行为有所不同,这表明潜在的福利影响.
结论:
- 与活治疗犬的身体互动似乎是有效的青年干预措施的重要组成部分.
- 观察到的狗行为变化凸显了在干预设计中考虑动物福利的必要性.
- 未来的研究应该确定与减少焦虑有关的特定人狗交互模式.
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