PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF PRIMATES IN CAPTIVITY
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF PRIMATES IN CAPTIVITY
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DOI：
10.1037/0003-066x.43.10.765
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发表时间：
1988-10-01
影响因子：
16.4
通讯作者：
SUOMI, SJ
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作者：
NOVAK, MA;SUOMI, SJ
最近对《动物福利法》的修正案生效后，将要求圈养非人类灵长类动物的研究人员以”促进其心理健康“的方式圈养动物。“不幸的是，目前还没有达成共识，如何定义或识别灵长类动物的心理健康。我们提出了一个战略，定义心理健康，包括身体健康的评估，比较与物种规范的行为剧目，检测的困扰，并评估应对措施。这组定义，然后用于表征原型灵长类动物实验室环境（如，单笼，对，和组住房）在促进心理健康方面。在制定圈养灵长类动物心理健康处方时，还强调了除住房外其他因素的重要性，如物种特异性特征、饲养历史和表型差异。简单的处方似乎不太可能广泛适用于所有圈养灵长类动物。相反，研究人员必须对他们的特定对象的需求保持敏感，以优化他们的心理健康，无论如何定义。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2016阿帕，保留所有权利）
Recent amendments to the Animal Welfare Act will, upon taking effect, require that researchers who maintain nonhuman primates in captivity house their animals in such a way as to" promote their psychological well-being." Unfortunately, no consensus presently exists in terms of how to define or identify psychological well-being in primate subjects. We propose a strategy for defining psychological well-being that includes assessment of physical health, comparison with species-normative behavioral repertoires, detection of distress, and evaluation of coping responses. This set of definitions is then used to characterize prototypical primate laboratory environments (eg, single-cage, pair, and group housing) in terms of fostering psychological well-being. The importance of factors other than housing, such as species-specific characteristics, rearing histories, and phenotypic differences, is also emphasized in developing prescriptions for psychological well-being in captive primates. It seems unlikely that simple prescriptions will be broadly applicable across the whole range of captive primates. Instead, researchers must be sensitive to the needs of their particular subjects in order to optimize their psychological well-being, however defined.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)