作者: François Martin , Jennifer Farnum
DOI: 10.1177/019394502320555403
关键词: Animal-assisted therapy 、 Pet therapy 、 Population 、 Nonverbal communication 、 Psychology 、 Developmental psychology 、 Prosocial behavior 、 HUBzero 、 Clinical psychology 、 Mood 、 Child psychotherapy
摘要: The present study quantitatively evaluated the effects of interaction with dogs on children pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), characterized by lack social communications and abilities. While interacting a therapist, were exposed to three different conditions: (a) nonsocial toy (ball), (b) stuffed dog, (c) live dog. Prosocial interactions in terms both behavioral verbal dimensions. Results show that exhibited more playful mood, focused, aware their environments when presence therapy These findings indicate may have specific benefits for this population suggest animal-assisted (AAT) be an appropriate forrm