dc.creator | López-Cepero Borrego, Javier | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-10T17:34:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-10T17:34:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | López-Cepero Borrego, J. (2020). Current Status of Animal-Assisted Interventions in Scientific Literature: A Critical Comment on Their Internal Validity. Animals, 10, 1-12. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2076-2615 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/103123 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many meta-analyses and systematic reviews have tried to assess the efficacy of animal-assisted interventions (AAIs), reaching inconsistent conclusions. The present work posits a critical exploration of the current literature, using some recent meta-analyses to exemplify the presence of unattended threats. The present comment illustrates that the field (1) comprehends inconsistencies regarding the terms and definitions of AAIs; (2) pays more attention to the characteristics of the animals than to the action mechanisms of AAIs; (3) does not provide a clear connection between anthrozoology (how humans and non-human animals interact in communities), benefits of the human–animal interaction (HAI), and the design of AAIs; and (4) implicitly reinforces these phenomena through research designs. Thus, some conclusions extracted from these meta-analyses need further discussion. Increasing the internal validity of AAIs in empirical studies is an urgent task, which can be addressed by (1) developing a better understanding of how anthrozoology, the HAI, and AAIs relate to each other; (2) highlighting the mechanisms that explain the results in an empirical and specific way; and (3) changing the design of interventions, adopting a component-centered approach, and focusing on the incremental efficacy and efficiency of AAI programs. | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 12 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Animals, 10, 1-12. | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | animal-assisted interventions | es |
dc.subject | animal-assisted therapy | es |
dc.subject | human–animal interaction | es |
dc.title | Current Status of Animal-Assisted Interventions in Scientific Literature: A Critical Comment on Their Internal Validity | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológicos | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10060985 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ani10060985 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Animals | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 10 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | 1 | es |
dc.publication.endPage | 12 | es |
dc.description.awardwinning | Premio Trimestral Publicación Científica Destacada de la US. Facultad de Psicología | |
dc.description.awardwinning | Premio Trimestral Publicación Científica Destacada de la US. Facultad de Psicología | |