Effects of dog-assisted education for rehabilitation of prisoners on their sociability

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380735
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Koda Naoko 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90368415)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 社会福祉関係 / ストレス / コミュニケーション / 動物

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A dog-visiting program provided by citizens was improved for the inmates with mental retardation and/or psychiatric problems as a rehabilitation program for stress management and communication training in a prison. Effects of the program were examined on stress, emotion and communication skills of the inmates. Moreover, structure of the program was clarified. The program was evaluated as psychosocially effective by both the inmates and the dog handlers. In addition, the program did not burden excessively on the dogs and their handlers.

Free Research Field

社会科学