Interaction with shelter dogs reduces negative affect of adolescents in substance use disorder treatment
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| Abstract |
We investigated the effectiveness of a human-animal interaction program, involving dogs from an animal shelter, in improving affect of adolescent males in inpatient treatment for substance use disorder (SUD). We hypothesized that adolescents would experience improvements in affect and attitudes toward activities when participating in human-dog interaction activities (dog-interaction condition) compared with "treatment-as-is" recreational activities (control condition). Participants were assigned to weekly 1-h-long condition activities for 8 weeks (4 weeks per condition). Due to attrition, only the participants' first and second exposures to each condition were evaluated. Using a within- and between-subjects, repeated measures crossover design, we assessed effects of the two conditions on affective states as indexed by Positive and Negative Affect Scale-Expanded Form (PANAS-X) subscales (mixed linear model, n=12). Attitudes toward dog-interaction and control activities were assessed using a researcher-generated survey (ordered logistic regression, n=14, mean age=16.2 years). Condition impacted Hostility (F(1,31)=6.55, p |
| Date | 2016 |
| Publication Title | Anthrozoös |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-262 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 0892-7936 |
| DOI | 10.1080/08927936.2016.1152719 |
| URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08927936.2016.1152719 |
| Author Address | Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Animal Sciences Laboratory Building, PO Box 646351, Pullman, WA 99164-6351, USA.lindsay.madden@wsu.edu |
| Additional Language | English |
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