De Santis Marta, Filugelli Lorena, Mair Alberto, Normando Simona, Mutinelli Franco, Contalbrigo Laura
National Reference Centre for Animal Assisted Interventions, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale dell'Università 10, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, Università degli Studi di Padova, Viale dell'Università 14, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Jan 26;14(3):410. doi: 10.3390/ani14030410.
Human-dog interaction is the working tool through which the therapeutic, educational and recreational goals of dog-assisted interventions (DAIs) are achieved. A better understanding of the characteristics of this interaction could improve the effectiveness of DAIs. This scoping review addresses the question: how has the human-dog connection been measured in the context of DAIs? After searching the Web of Science and Scopus platforms, only peer-reviewed, primary research studies reporting measures of therapy dog-human interaction, relationship and bond were included. A total of 70 included articles provided information on what was measured (interaction, relationship or bond) and how, as well as the general context (DAIs or experimental situations with therapy dogs). While the majority of the articles identified use behavioural analysis methods to analyse the interaction between the participant/recipient and the therapy dog during DAIs, it was possible to identify some more structured tools that assess the participant/recipient's interaction, relationship or bond with the therapy dog, as well as tools that consider the animal's perspective or focus on the dog-handler dyad, indicating growing areas of research. The tools and methods identified can be used by both practitioners and researchers to further explore aspects of human-dog interaction in the field of DAIs.
人与狗的互动是实现犬辅助干预（DAIs）的治疗、教育和娱乐目标的工作工具。更好地理解这种互动的特征可以提高犬辅助干预的效果。本范围综述探讨了一个问题：在犬辅助干预的背景下，人与狗的联系是如何衡量的？在搜索了科学网和Scopus平台后，仅纳入了经过同行评审的、报告治疗犬与人互动、关系和纽带衡量方法的初步研究。共有70篇纳入文章提供了关于衡量内容（互动、关系或纽带）、衡量方式以及总体背景（犬辅助干预或与治疗犬相关的实验情况）的信息。虽然大多数文章确定使用行为分析方法来分析犬辅助干预期间参与者/接受者与治疗犬之间的互动，但也有可能识别出一些更具结构性的工具，这些工具用于评估参与者/接受者与治疗犬的互动、关系或纽带，还有考虑动物视角或关注训犬员二元组的工具，这表明研究领域在不断发展。所确定的工具和方法可供从业者和研究人员用于进一步探索犬辅助干预领域中人与狗互动的各个方面。
