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Titel: Therapy Dogs as a Crisis Intervention After Traumatic Events? – An Experimental Study
VerfasserIn: Lass-Hennemann, Johanna
Schäfer, Sarah K.
Römer, Sonja
Holz, Elena
Streb, Markus
Michael, Tanja
Sprache: Englisch
Titel: Frontiers in Psychology
Bandnummer: 9
Verlag/Plattform: Frontiers
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Freie Schlagwörter: PTSD
animal assisted therapy
service dogs
stress
cortisol
trauma film paradigm
DDC-Sachgruppe: 150 Psychologie
Dokumenttyp: Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel
Abstract: Animal-assisted therapy has been proposed as a treatment adjunct for traumatized patients. In animal-assisted crisis response, dogs are used directly after a traumatic event to reduce stress and anxiety. However, to date there are few controlled studies investigating the effects of therapy dogs on PTSD symptoms and to our knowledge there is no study investigating the effects of a therapy dog intervention directly after a traumatic event. In this study, 60 healthy female participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: after exposure to a “traumatic” film clip (trauma-film paradigm), one group of participants interacted with a friendly dog for 15 min, another group of participants watched a film clip showing a person interacting with a friendly dog and the last group was instructed to relax. Participants who had interacted with the dog after the film reported lower anxiety levels, less negative affect, and more positive affect after the intervention as compared to the other two groups. However, the participants who interacted with the dog showed a smaller decrease in physiological arousal after the traumatic film clip compared to both other groups. There were no differences in intrusion symptoms between the three groups. Our results show that dogs are able to lessen subjectively experienced stress and anxiety after a “traumatic” stress situation.
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01627
URL der Erstveröffentlichung: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01627
Link zu diesem Datensatz: urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-401320
hdl:20.500.11880/36125
http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-40132
ISSN: 1664-1078
Datum des Eintrags: 17-Jul-2023
Fakultät: HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Fachrichtung: HW - Psychologie
Professur: HW - Prof. Dr. Tanja Michael
Sammlung:SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes

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