Department of Ethology and companion animal science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic.
Department of Applied Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, National Institute of Mental Health, 25067 Klecany, Czech Republic.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 15;17(20):7485. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207485.
Human-Animal interaction (HAI) refers to any contact between humans and animals. Despite the lack of standardized measures of evaluation, one possible tool is the Human Animal Interaction Scale (HAIS). This study aimed to evaluate it in Czech language and to verify its use in clinical settings. One group of participants included 85 non-clinical volunteers; the second included 22 clinical participants, who were hospitalized in a long-term inpatient department All participants filled out the HAIS, the Companion Animal Bonding Scale (CABS) and the Companion Animal Semantic Differential (CASD). The Czech HAIS achieved similarly good psychometric properties as the original scale. The Cronbach's alpha showed strong internal consistency (α = 0.920) in the sample of volunteers, but low internal consistency (α = 0.656) in the group of clinical participants. In non-clinical volunteers, all scales and subscales correlated mutually at the < 0.01 level. In the group of clinical participants, the CABS did not show significant correlations with other scales and subscales, nor was there a correlation of total HAIS score with the perceived rapport with animals. The findings of this study suggest that the Czech HAIS may be an effective tool for evaluating HAI with non-clinical contingents, however careful modification is suggested before clinical use. One reason for this is the difficulty in conducting some activities assessed by the scale in a clinical practice or hospital setting.
人与动物的相互作用（HAI）是指人类与动物之间的任何接触。尽管缺乏评估的标准化措施，但一种可能的工具是人与动物相互作用量表（HAIS）。本研究旨在评估其在捷克语中的应用，并验证其在临床环境中的使用。一组参与者包括 85 名非临床志愿者；第二组包括 22 名临床参与者，他们在长期住院部住院。所有参与者都填写了 HAIS、伴生动物纽带量表（CABS）和伴生动物语义差异量表（CASD）。捷克语版的 HAIS 具有与原始量表相似的良好心理计量学特性。在志愿者样本中，Cronbach's alpha 显示出很强的内部一致性（α=0.920），但在临床参与者组中，内部一致性较低（α=0.656）。在非临床志愿者中，所有量表和分量表在 < 0.01 水平上相互关联。在临床参与者组中，CABS 与其他量表和分量表没有显著相关性，总 HAIS 评分与与动物的感知融洽度也没有相关性。本研究的结果表明，捷克语版的 HAIS 可能是评估非临床人群 HAI 的有效工具，但在临床使用前建议进行仔细修改。原因之一是在临床实践或医院环境中进行量表评估的某些活动存在困难。
