AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF COMPANION ANIMAL DOGS ON OFFICE WORKER TO RELIEVE JOB STRESS

本研究旨在探讨宠物狗对上班族工作压力的影响。一个实验是在模拟的办公空间中进行的，另一个是在实际的工作环境中进行的。（1）实验一旨在考察在与友好的伴侣动物、机器宠物和杂志一起休息时，被试在简单数据输入任务、加法任务和创造性任务中的表现差异。从人的表现、生理效应（心率、脑活动）、POMS（情绪状态特征）问卷和人的行为等方面研究了是否可以通过采取上述每一个休息时间来减少短时间压力和提高人的表现。实验是在模拟办公室中进行的。任务之间的娱乐活动包括与伴侣动物玩耍，与机器人宠物AIBO玩耍以及浏览杂志。有三个性能任务。给了10分钟 ...更多信息 完成每一项任务。同样的任务重复三次。任务之间有5分钟的休息时间。采用国际10/20方法，以耳垂为参考测量EEG（脑电图）。此外，在每次表演期间，测量他们的心率（R-R间期）以监测他们在任务期间的注意力水平。选择6名男性和6名女性受试者进行实验。结果因任务而异;然而，有伴侣动物狗可以被认为是有益的整体。（2）实验II在实际办公室中进行，以评估是否可以通过将伴侣动物狗引入午休时间来缓解工人的压力。POMS问卷的简短版本用于测量每个受试者的压力水平，并填写四（4）次;即，工作开始时、午休前后和工作结束时。四（4）名男性和四（4）名女性工人参加了实验。要求每名工人参与实验至少三（3）天。结果发现，在午休时间有宠物狗陪伴的情况下，从早晨开始活动时就开始下降的“活力”感比上班前有所增加，“困惑”感也有所减少。从两个实验的结果可以看出，有宠物狗对一部分上班族是有益的;然而，鉴于一些工人对这些动物的态度不好，如何在工作场所安置这些动物仍然是一个问题。少

This study was undertaken to assess the effect of companion animal dogs on office workers' job stress. One experiment was carried out in a simulated office space and the other in an actual working environment.(1)Experiment I was undertaken to assess differences on the performance of a simple data input task, an addition task, and a creative task when break periods with a friendly companion animal, a robotic pet, and a magazine were given. Whether jot stress could be reduced and human performance improved by taking each of the above mentioned break periods was examined in terms of human performance, physiological effects (heart rates, brain activity), POMS (Profile of Mood States) questionnaire, and human behaviors. The experiments were carried out in a simulated office. The recreational activities between the tasks included playing with a companion animal, playing with the robotic pet AIBO, and browsing through magazines. There were three performance tasks. Ten (10) minutes were given … More to complete each task. The same performance task was repeated three times. A break period of 5 minutes was given between the tasks. Using the international 10/20 methods, EEGs (Electroencephalograms) were measured with the ear lobe as a reference. Also, during each performance, their heart rates (R-R intervals) were measured to monitor their levels of concentration during the task. Six (6) male and six (6) female subjects were selected for the experiments. The results varied with the task ; however, having the companion animal dog can be considered beneficial overall.(2)Experiment II was carried out in an actual office in order to assess whether workers' stress could be relieved by introducing a companion animal dog into a lunch break. The short version of POMS questionnaire was used to measure each subject's stress level and was filled out four (4) times ; i.e., the beginning of work, before and after the lunch break, and at the end of work. Four (4) male and four (4) female workers participated in the experiment. Each worker was asked to participate in the experiment for at least three (3) days. It was found that when they had the companion animal dog during the lunch break, their feeling of "vigor," which had fallen from the beginning of their morning activity, increased beyond the level recorded before the start of work and their "confusion" decreased.From the results of both experiments, it can be concluded that having a companion animal dog is beneficial for some office workers ; however, how these animals can be accommodated in the work place, given the fact that some workers have an unfavorable attitude towards them, is still in question. Less