日期：2023年6月22日，星期四，雷克瑟姆-格林德沃大学的研究人员一直在进行一项研究，以确定与治疗犬相处时间对学生焦虑和压力水平的影响。 在过去的几个月里，该大学的心理学学生和教职员工一直在收集数据，以了解治疗犬是否能在缓解学生压力方面发挥作用。 作为研究的一部分，参与研究的学生花了20分钟的时间与狗一对一或小组相处。 学生们被要求填写一份问卷，要求他们报告与狗互动前后的压力水平。 最近几周，学生们进行了最后的数据收集，现在正在对数据进行分析，然后提出他们的发现。 wgu心理学（生物学）高级讲师shubha sreenivas博士，他说：“这项研究对所有参与者来说都是非常愉快的——首先，谁不喜欢和狗呆在一起？但对我来说，看着我们3-5级的心理学学生成为研究人员，进行应用研究，并希望对学生的健康产生影响，这是非常有意义的。”。 “我们选择在第二学期进行这项研究，因为这对学生来说是一个繁忙的时间，所以我们知道学生们会从使用治疗犬的时间中受益。 “现在我们的最终数据收集已经完成，我们的学生转变为研究助理，正在努力分析数据，以期展示他们的结果——我们也希望这些发现能为期刊文章提供信息，这对我们的学生来说将是绝对惊人的。 在毕业前出版将是一个真正的成就，所以我们希望这能实现。 参与这项研究的研究助理之一、华盛顿大学心理学系大四学生alysjones说：“能在这项研究中发挥作用真是太棒了，这真是一次令人振奋的经历，尤其是当它围绕学生的幸福感展开时。”。 “在从事这项研究期间，我学到了很多东西。 我现在非常期待我们分析数据，以确定治疗犬对学生的影响。 janetrimmer是全国治疗犬的地区团队支持，她是慈善机构的团队成员之一，带着她的拉布拉多犬belle参加了研究，她说她正在急切地等待研究结果。 她说：“很高兴能支持这所大学的工作，我真的很期待这项研究告诉我们什么。 “就我个人而言，我每天都能看到治疗犬对人的积极影响，但看到可靠的研究支持这一点总是很好的。 该研究摘要现已被斯雷尼瓦斯博士接受，将于7月6日在天鹅湖举行的早期职业研究者网络研讨会上发表。 该研究摘要现已被斯雷尼瓦斯博士接受，将于7月6日在天鹅湖举行的早期职业研究者网络研讨会上发表。date: thursday 22nd june, 2023 researchers at wrexham glyndwr university (wgu) have been working on a study to determine the impact that spending time with therapy dogs can have on students’ anxiety and stress levels. psychology students and staff from the university have spent the last couple of months undertaking data collections to inform whether therapy dogs can make a difference in alleviating students’ stress. as part of the study, participating students spent time with the dogs one-on-one or in small groups for a 20-minute period. students were asked to fill out a questionnaire, which asked them to report their stress levels before and after interacting with the dogs. in recent weeks, students have carried out their final data collection and are now working to analyse the data, before presenting their findings. dr shubha sreenivas, senior lecturer in psychology (biological) at wgu, said: “this piece of research has been extremely enjoyable for all involved – first of all, who doesn’t love spending time with dogs? but for me, it’s been immensely rewarding to watch our level 3-5 psychology students become researchers, carrying out applied research and also hopefully, make a difference to student wellbeing. “we chose to undertake this study during the second semester, due to it being a busy time for students, so we knew that students would benefit from that time with the therapy dogs. “now that our final data collection has been completed, our students turned research assistants are working to analyse the data, with a view of presenting their results – and we’re also hopeful that these findings will inform a journal article, which would be absolutely amazing for our students. being published prior to graduating would be a real achievement, so we’re hopeful that can happen.” alys jones, a final-year psychology student at wgu and one of the research assistants who has worked on the study, said: “it’s been fantastic and a really empowering experience to have played a part in this piece of research, particularly as it’s centred around student wellbeing. “i’ve learned a great deal during my time working on this study. i’m now very much looking forward to us analysing the data to determine the impact that the therapy dogs have on students.” janet rimmer, area team support at therapy dogs nationwide, who was one of the team at the charity that brought along her dog, belle – a labrador – to the study sessions, said she was eagerly awaiting the study’s findings. she said: “it’s been an absolute pleasure to support the university’s work – and i’m really looking forward to finding out what the study tells us. “speaking personally, i see the positive effect that therapy dogs have on people every day but it’s always good to see that backed up by credible research.” the study abstract has now been accepted for dr sreenivas to present it at the early career researcher (ecr) network colloquium on 6 july in swansea. .本文来源： 大学研究人员研究狗对学生的影响；应力水平
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