TY - JOUR
KW - animal assisted therapy
KW - dog handlers
KW - perceived stress role
KW - therapy programs
AU - Mónica Teresa González-Ramírez
AU - Xóchitl Angélica Ortiz-Jiménez
AU - René Landero-Hernández
AB - We investigated the relationship between dog handlers  perceived stress and therapy dog team performance in a dog assisted therapy program to improve emotional management in adolescents. The objectives were to analyze the relationship between dog handlers  perceived stress and (a) patients  evaluation of the handlers  management, (b) patients  evaluation of the dogs  performance, and (c) stress identified in therapy dogs by their handlers. Nine handlers reported perceived stress in themselves and their dogs, and participants assessed the management and performance of the team. Results showed a significant negative correlation between handlers  stress and the stress they identified in their dogs, which suggests that stress during the animal-assisted therapy sessions was negatively associated with the therapy team performance, and this was also identified by participants.
IS - 1
M3 - Journal article
N2 - We investigated the relationship between dog handlers  perceived stress and therapy dog team performance in a dog assisted therapy program to improve emotional management in adolescents. The objectives were to analyze the relationship between dog handlers  perceived stress and (a) patients  evaluation of the handlers  management, (b) patients  evaluation of the dogs  performance, and (c) stress identified in therapy dogs by their handlers. Nine handlers reported perceived stress in themselves and their dogs, and participants assessed the management and performance of the team. Results showed a significant negative correlation between handlers  stress and the stress they identified in their dogs, which suggests that stress during the animal-assisted therapy sessions was negatively associated with the therapy team performance, and this was also identified by participants.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2013
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 1
EP - 10
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - The role of stress of therapy dog handlers in animal-assisted therapy
VL - 19
ER -