A longitudinal test of the belief that companion animal ownership can help reduce loneliness
A longitudinal test of the belief that companion animal ownership can help reduce loneliness
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DOI：
10.2752/089279307x245473
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
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影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Collis, Glyn M.
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作者：
Gilbey, Andrew;McNicholas, June;Collis, Glyn M.
人们普遍认为，伴侣动物的所有权可以帮助减少孤独感，使用准实验纵向设计进行了测试。在六个月的时间里，59名参与者在寻求获得伴侣动物时完成了UCLA-孤独量表。参与者的孤独感在他们最初招募后六个月再次被测量，到那时，59名参与者中有35名获得了新的伴侣动物。没有证据表明伴侣动物的获得有助于降低孤独感，无论参与者在寻求获得新伴侣动物时是否已经拥有伴侣动物，或者获得的伴侣动物的类型。没有证据表明最终获得新伴侣动物的参与者与没有获得新伴侣动物的参与者不同，这表明这些发现不是自我选择偏见的结果。的毅力和明显的力量的信念，伴侣动物的所有权可以减轻孤独的讨论与目前的研究结果。
The widely held belief that companion animal ownership can help to reduce loneliness was tested using a quasi-experimental longitudinal design. Over a six-month period, 59 participants completed the UCLA-Loneliness Scale when they were seeking to acquire a companion animal. Participants' loneliness was measured again six-months after their initial recruitment, by which time 35 of the 59 participants had acquired a new companion animal. There was no evidence that companion animal acquisition helped to reduce levels of loneliness, irrespective of whether participants already owned a companion animal at the time of seeking to acquire a new companion animal, or the type of companion animal that was acquired. There was no evidence that participants who ultimately acquired a new companion animal differed from participants who did not, suggesting that the findings were not a consequence of a self-selection bias. The perseverance and apparent strength of the belief that companion animal ownership can alleviate loneliness is discussed in relation to the current findings.