Characteristics of Student– Dog Interaction during a Meet-and-Greet Activity in a University-Based Animal Visitation Program.
The use of university-based Animal Visitation Programs (AVPs)—programs aimed at reducing student stress through human–animal interaction (HAI)—has increased. Implementation has expanded despite our limited understanding about program effects on student and animal wellbeing. Moreover, little is known...
| Publicado en: | Anthrozoös Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 53 - 70 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=141254549&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 141254549 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 08927936 GZF jtl: Anthrozoös issn: 08927936 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2020 vid: 33 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 141254549 10.1080/08927936.2020.1694311 ppf: 53 ppct: 17 formats: tig: atl: Characteristics of Student– Dog Interaction during a Meet-and-Greet Activity in a University-Based Animal Visitation Program. aug: au: Pendry, Patricia Kuzara, Stephanie Gee, Nancy R. affil: Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington State, USA Center for Human–Animal Interaction, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA su: Human-animal relationships Psychology of students College students Therapy dogs Dogs Approach behavior Posture sug: subj: Human-animal relationships Psychology of students College students All Other Animal Production Live animal merchant wholesalers Therapy dogs Dogs Approach behavior Posture keyword: animal visitation program dog behavior human–animal interaction university animal visitation program dog behavior human–animal interaction university ab: The use of university-based Animal Visitation Programs (AVPs)—programs aimed at reducing student stress through human–animal interaction (HAI)—has increased. Implementation has expanded despite our limited understanding about program effects on student and animal wellbeing. Moreover, little is known about the nature of interactions between students and animals and how interaction quality might influence effects. The aim of this study was to identify and describe dog and student behaviors that inform the quality, type, and quantity of human–animal interaction during a university-based AVP. Over a period of three semesters, university students (n = 150) and therapy dogs (n = 27) were videorecorded during a 10-minute "meet-and-greet" activity conducted in small group settings. Based on coding 22.9 hours of 135 videos, comparisons of the frequency and duration of dog behavior (e.g., postural state, oral behavior) before and during interactions with students revealed an increase in the frequency of lip licking (M = 1.23, M = 1.76, Z = –4.651, p < 0.001, r = 0.283) and yawning (M = 0.08, M = 0.16, Z = –3.051, p = 0.002, r = 0.186) in dogs. Correlations between dog and student greeting behavior (e.g., posture, petting behavior) revealed a positive correlation between the frequency of lip licking and mutual greetings between students and dogs (r = 0.283, p = 0.001). Results suggest dogs experience heightened arousal upon greeting and interacting with students. The absence of severe stress behaviors and continued presence of sustained social approach behaviors suggests that the dogs were not severely stressed during interactions. Implications for the implementation of AVPs are discussed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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