了解动物在动物辅助疗法的作用:一种定性研究
Dovile Dixon1, Ceri Jones1, Robin Green1
1School of Psychology and Vision Sciences, George Davies Centre, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 7RH, UK.
Complementary therapies in clinical practice
|April 17, 2025
概括
动物辅助治疗 (AAT) 涉及治疗动物的复杂角色,超出了直接干预范围. 它们的存在增强了治疗关系,并提供了独特的处理方法,突出了人与动物互动在心理健康中的重要性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 兽医医学 兽医医学 兽医医学
- 人与动物之间的研究.
背景情况:
- 辅助心理疗法,包括动物辅助疗法 (AAT),越来越受欢迎.
- 关于特定机制和治疗动物在AAT中的作用存在不确定性.
- 这项研究从治疗提供者的角度探讨了AAT.
研究的目的:
- 阐明治疗动物在动物辅助治疗中的多方面的作用.
- 了解治疗动物为心理干预做出贡献的机制.
- 收集心理健康专业人员提供AAT的见解.
主要方法:
- 与15名心理健康专业人员进行了为期1小时的半结构化在线采访.
- 员工反思性主题分析,以分析定性面试数据.
- 专注于了解AAT提供者的生活经验.
主要成果:
- 确定了关于治疗动物作用的四个主要主题和12个子主题.
- 关键主题包括:提供体验式学习,培养替代关系,实现不同的处理方法,并在治疗活动中合作.
- 证明了治疗动物贡献的复杂性和关系性质.
结论:
- 治疗动物的作用与人与动物的关系动态密切相关.
- 治疗动物的存在是有益的,即使没有直接参与干预.
- 在AAT中,平衡动物的训练,社会化和自然行为是AAT的一个关键挑战.
- 结果为AAT研究,理论,临床实践和未来研究方向提供信息.
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