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A influência do cão na expressividade emocional de crianças com transtorno do espectro do autismo
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Roma, Renata Paula |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) includes a range of symptoms such as failure to maintain direct eye contact and impaired language. Although the Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) is considered a potential therapy to promote development in people with ASD, it ́s still unknown which specific characteristics of dogs lead to a successful therapy. This quantitative analysis aims to measure the impact of lateral and frontal approaches from dogs and humans into joy and rejection emotional expressions displayed by children with ASD. Through video ́s analysis, frequencies and durations of lateral and frontal approaches from humans and dogs to children were quantified in order to compare potential differences between both and analyze the effect of the chosen approach in emotional expression display. Participated in this project 11 children, 8 males and 3 females, from 5 to 11 years old. They were divided in two groups. A psychologist, a conductor and a border collie attended six of them. The second group was composed by 5 children attended by the same psychologist, a conductor and a golden retriever. Specifics evaluation scales were applied to confirm children ́s diagnosis. An institution that works in the AAT area had previously evaluated and trained both dogs. Parents signed a free-consent term before the beginning of the study. Five minutes within 8 sessions were analyzed: 6 sessions with dog ́s presence, the session before and the one subsequent this block of sessions. In order to analyze potential temperamental differences between dogs, C-barq (Canine Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire) was applied to check the dogs’ temperament. The C-barq results showed differences related to the categories “search of attention” and “energy level” of the dogs. However, the test did not indicate statistical differences on the measurement of variables linked to this study. Dogs were better than humans to get joy expressions independently on the chosen approach. A significant statistical difference was observed in the comparison of how long dogs and humans spent in approaches until they got an emotional expression from children. The results suggest that dogs showed shorter latency than humans on all analyzed emotional expressions: joy (χ2= 7.312, p=0.007), rejection (χ2= 11.277, p-0.001) and neutral (χ2=9.097, p=0.043) expressions. Moreover, the results suggest no link between lateral or frontal approach and specific expression of emotions in children with ASD in the context of AAT. Expressions of joy were more frequent after lateral than frontal dog ́s approach, however no statistically significant difference was found. No approach preference was found in humans. Thus, results suggest that latency to emotional behavior from children depends more on who approaches than on position lateral or frontal when the approach happens. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.11606/D.47.2016.tde-10052016-150241 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47132/tde-10052016-150241/publico/roma_corrigida.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.11606/D.47.2016.tde-10052016-150241 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
