Corrêa Graziani F, Barcelos Ana Maria, Mills Daniel S
School of Life Sciences, 4547University of Lincoln, UK.
Sci Prog. 2021 Oct;104(4):368504211050277. doi: 10.1177/00368504211050277.
Despite the abundance of studies investigating the benefits of having a dog, the specific aspects of dog ownership that impacts human well-being are not well understood. This study used a qualitative approach to create a framework of the main dog-related activities perceived by Brazilian owners to impact their well-being and compared the findings with those of a similar study in England. Thirty-two Brazilian dog owners from the five regions of the country were remotely interviewed. The thematic analysis of the transcripts generated a total of 58 dog-related activities, organised into 13 themes. Most activities were reported to have a positive effect on participants' well-being, accounting for 76.8% of the total number of mentions in the interviews. 'Playing with dog' and 'Dog presence' were the themes most frequently associated with positive well-being outcomes, whereas 'Unwanted behaviours' and 'Failing to meet dog's needs' were the most commonly associated with negative outcomes. The dog-related activities reported by Brazilian dog owners and the well-being outcomes linked to those activities were consistent with the previous British sample in the framework that emerged. These findings suggest reliability between the two methods used to gather data (remote interview versus focus group) and, most importantly, provide consistent cross-cultural evidence for how certain activities impact dog owner's well-being.
尽管有大量研究探讨养狗的益处，但人们对养狗影响人类幸福感的具体方面仍了解不足。本研究采用定性方法，构建了一个由巴西养狗者认为会影响其幸福感的主要与狗相关活动组成的框架，并将研究结果与英国的一项类似研究进行了比较。对来自巴西五个地区的32名养狗者进行了远程访谈。对访谈记录的主题分析共产生了58项与狗相关的活动，分为13个主题。据报告，大多数活动对参与者的幸福感有积极影响，占访谈提及总数的76.8%。“与狗玩耍”和“狗的陪伴”是与积极幸福感结果最常相关的主题，而“不良行为”和“未能满足狗的需求”则是与消极结果最常相关的主题。巴西养狗者报告的与狗相关的活动以及与这些活动相关的幸福感结果，与之前英国样本在形成的框架中是一致的。这些发现表明了用于收集数据的两种方法（远程访谈与焦点小组）之间的可靠性，最重要的是，为某些活动如何影响狗主人的幸福感提供了一致的跨文化证据。
