Pet Partners for Promotion of Academic Life Skills
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Stress Prevention, Cortisol, Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms, Depression Disorders and Symptoms, Executive Functioning, Motivation and Learning, Momentary Emotion, Study Strategies, Perceived Stress, Animal Behavior, Animal Stress, Dyadic Interaction, Alpha-amylase
In brief
The current study utilized a randomized controlled trial, conducted in a real-life setting, to determine whether, how, under which conditions, and for whom, infusing various levels of human-animal interaction (HAI) in a 4-week, university-based stress prevention program provides an effective approach to prevent negative ramifications of university students stress, promote student executive functioning and learning, while safeguarding animal welfare. This study will examine effects of sole exposure to evidence-based stress prevention content, hands-on HAI with registered PET Partner teams, or combinations thereof on students' moment-to-moment well-being and longer-term functioning in socioemotional, cognitive and physiological domains.This study will also develop a comprehensive coding system and measure the dynamic nature of behavior of participants, handlers and animals during university- based animal assisted activities, as well as the HAI environment. The data and analyses will then be utilized to inform the development of a quantitative measure to capture of the quality of human animal interaction in various settings to experimentally determine causal pathways underlying program effects on humans and animals.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03530943
- Run by
- Washington State University
- People needed
- 300
- Starts
- 2016-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-05-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Current enrollment at the campus
You may not qualify if…
- Children under 18 years old
- Prior history of animal abuse
- Participation in an an academic stress management workshop within 6 months of study participation
Where it is running
- Washington State University — Pullman, Washington, United States (enrolling)
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