Characteristics of Student– Dog Interaction during a Meet-and-Greet Activity in a University-Based Animal Visitation Program

Pendry, Patricia; Kuzara, Stephanie; Gee, Nancy R.

doi:10.1080/08927936.2020.1694311

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“…Morgan [167] wrong study design Muckle et al [168] wrong study design Muellmann et al [169] wrong study design Nocentini et al [170] wrong study design Pendry et al [171] wrong outcomes Pendry et al [172] wrong outcomes Pendry et al [173] wrong outcomes Pendry et al [174] wrong outcomes Pendry et al [175] wrong intervention Table A2. Cont.…”

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Animal-Assisted Interventions for the Improvement of Mental Health Outcomes in Higher Education Students: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

Parbery-Clark

Lubamba

Tanner

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Background: The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAIs), particularly Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Animal-Assisted Activity (AAA), in improving mental health outcomes for students in higher education. The number of students in higher education reporting mental health problems and seeking support from universities’ student support services has risen over recent years. Therefore, providing engaging interventions, such as AAIs, that are accessible to large groups of students are attractive. Methods: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase and Cochrane Library were searched from relative inception to end of April 2020. Additionally, a grey literature search was undertaken. Independent screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessment were completed, with varying percentages, by two reviewers. Results: After de-duplication, 6248 articles were identified of which 11 studies were included in the narrative synthesis. The evidence from randomised controlled trials suggests that AAIs could provide short-term beneficial results for anxiety in students attending higher education but with limited evidence for stress, and inconclusive evidence for depression, well-being and mood. For the non-statistically significant results, the studies either did not include a power calculation or were under-powered. Conclusions: Potential emerging evidence for the short-term benefits of AAI for anxiety, and possibly stress, for students in higher education was found.

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Animal-Assisted Interventions for the Improvement of Mental Health Outcomes in Higher Education Students: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

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Lubamba

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“…However, one study highlighted that real HAIs can cause animal welfare problems. Some dogs participating in AVP exhibited stress behaviors such as lip licking and yawning ( 6 ). So while HAIs may provide healing effects in humans, they may also increase stress in animals.…”

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Mixed-reality-based human-animal interaction can relieve mental stress

Dong

2023

Front. Vet. Sci.

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IntroductionInteracting with animals has been demonstrated to possess the healing benefits to humans. However, there are limitations in physical interaction due to COVID-19 and safety issues. Therefore, as an alternative, we created mixed-reality (MR)-based human-animal interaction (HAI) content and experimentally verified its effect on mental stress reduction.MethodsWe created three types of interactive content: observing the movement of a non-reactive virtual cat, interacting with a virtual cat whose responses can be seen, and interacting with a virtual cat whose responses can be both seen and heard. The experiment was performed by 30 healthy young women, and a mental arithmetic task was used to induce mild mental stress before experiencing each content. During the experiment, the subject's electrocardiogram was continuously recorded, and the psychological state was evaluated through a questionnaire.ResultsThe results showed that MR-based virtual cat content significantly reduces mental stress and induces positive emotions after stressful situations. In particular, when the virtual cat provided audiovisual feedback, the activation amount of the parasympathetic nervous system and the increase of positive emotions were the greatest.DiscussionBased on this encouraging research result, this method should be further investigated to see if it can replace real HAI for human mental health management.

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“…However, one study has demonstrated that HAI increases stress behaviors in animals, such as dogs licking their lips or yawning [ 10 ]. Thus, while HAI can reduce stress in humans, it can also cause increased stress in animals.…”

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Mixed Reality-Based Interaction between Human and Virtual Cat for Mental Stress Management

Park

Dong

2022

Sensors

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Human–animal interaction (HAI) has been observed to effectively reduce stress and induce positive emotions owing to the process of directly petting and interacting with animals. Interaction with virtual animals has recently emerged as an alternative due to the limitations in general physical interactions, both due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, more generally, due to the difficulties involved in providing adequate care for animals. This study proposes mixed reality (MR)-based human–animal interaction content along with presenting the experimental verification of its effect on the reduction of mental stress. A mental arithmetic task was employed to induce acute mental stress, which was followed by either MR content, in which a participant interacted with virtual animals via gestures and voice commands, or a slide show of animal images. During the experiment, an electrocardiogram (ECG) was continuously recorded with a patch-type, wireless ECG sensor on the chest of the subject, and their psychological state was evaluated with the help of questionnaires after each task. The findings of the study demonstrate that the MR-based interaction with virtual animals significantly reduces mental stress and induces positive emotions. We expect that this study could provide a basis for the widespread use of MR-based content in the field of mental health.

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Characteristics of Student– Dog Interaction during a Meet-and-Greet Activity in a University-Based Animal Visitation Program

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Animal-Assisted Interventions for the Improvement of Mental Health Outcomes in Higher Education Students: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

Animal-Assisted Interventions for the Improvement of Mental Health Outcomes in Higher Education Students: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

Mixed-reality-based human-animal interaction can relieve mental stress

Mixed Reality-Based Interaction between Human and Virtual Cat for Mental Stress Management

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