代理健康焦虑在父母和狗主人之间的现象学上有所不同
Johanna Lass-Hennemann1, Moritz N Braun2, Charina C Lüder3
1Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Campus Building A 1.3, Saarbrücken, 66123, Germany. lass-hennemann@mx.uni-saarland.de.
Scientific reports
|September 24, 2025
概括
代理健康焦虑,或过度担心一个亲人.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 人与动物之间的研究.
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 代理健康焦虑涉及过度担心亲人的健康.
- 研究主要集中在父母身上,对其他依恋人数的评估有限.
- 狗经常在家庭中充当孩子的替代品,人类与狗的依恋与儿童与父母的依恋有共同之处.
研究的目的:
- 首次通过代理来调查无子犬主人健康焦虑的存在.
- 调整一项现有的以家长为中心的措施,以通过代理来评估狗主人健康焦虑.
- 通过无子犬主人和父母的代理来比较健康焦虑.
主要方法:
- 通过代理问卷调整了家长的健康焦虑,用于狗主人.
- 从204个没有狗的家长和200个没有孩子的狗主人收集了数据,使用了家长和适应的问卷.
- 分析了分布,内部一致性,以及与抑郁症状,健康焦虑和依恋的关联.
主要成果:
- 在狗主人和父母中,通过代理发现了健康焦虑的可比分布.
- 狗主人报告的健康焦虑水平比父母更高.
- 在两组中都观察到与抑郁症状和健康焦虑的关联,在父母中更强. 依恋显示了相反的关联:父母的负面,狗主人的积极.
结论:
- 提供了第一个证据,证明无子女的狗主人有健康焦虑.
- 表明健康焦虑的表现可能在父母和狗主人之间有所不同.
- 突出了人类与动物之间的联系在心理健康和焦虑方面的重要性.
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