본 연구의 목적은 동물매개상담이 아동의 자아존중감과 정서행동에 미치는 효과성을 규명하는데 목적이 있다. 연구대상은 경기도 B시 내 소재의 정신건강복지센터를 통해 정 서행동장애로 발전할 가능성이 높은 아동 중에 초등학교 4학년 남학생 4명을 최종선정하 여 단일집단 연구로 진행하였다. 연구진행은 2019년 9월부터 10월까지 주1회 총10회기 를 매 회당 60분씩 진행하였다. 연구결과 첫쩨, 동물매개상담에 참여한 아동은 긍정적인 자아존중감이 향상되었고 부정적인 자아존중감은 감소하여 유의미한 효과가 검증되었다. 둘째, 동물매개상담에 참여한 아동은 강점인 사회지향성이 향상되었고, 난점인 과잉행동, 정서증상, 품행문제, 또래문제의 점수가 감소하여 아동의 정서행동에 긍정적인 변화가 있 었음이 검증되었다. 이러한 효과는 치료도우미견을 매개로 하는 가장 큰 특징으로 생명이 있고, 따뜻한 체온이 있어서 상호교감할 수 있다는 것이다. 결과적으로 동물매개상담이 아동의 자아존중감향상과 정서행동변화에 유의미한 효과가 있는 것으로 평가되었다.
본 연구는 동물매개활동을 통한 초등학교 고학년 학생들의 독서태도에 미치는 영향이라는 주제로 2018년 9월 8일부터 2018년 11월 10일까지 진행이 되었으며, Y지역아동센터 중 동물매개활동을 희망하는 학생 5명을 선발하여 진행이 되었다. 연구진행은 주 1회 총 8회기를 매 60분씩 실행하였다. 연구도구로 한국형 아동 독서태도 검사 도구를 이용한 사전·사후 검사를 별도 측정하여 프로그램의 효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 연구방법은 사 전·사후검사간의 점수 차이를 분석하였다. 주요 연구 결과로는 독서에 대한 흥미가 높아 졌으며 자발적인 독서태도가 형성되었다. 또한, 발표에 대한 자신감을 향상시켰고 책의 내용에 대해 몰입하여 공감하는 긍정적인 변화를 보였다. 이상의 연구 결과로 살펴볼 때, 동물매개활동이 초등학교 고학년의 독서태도에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것을 알 수 있었다.
This article provides a review of research published since 1990 on the effects of music on the behavior of animal like as pet music therapy. Music has many positive effects in reducing anxiety and stress before and after procedures in medical settings, and can influence a person’s feelings. Research involving music suggests animals may be similarly affected; classical music induced more relaxed and desirable behaviors in dogs housed in shelters, compared to other music. The healing power of music has long been established in people. Now a handful of harpists throughout the country are harnessing that power for animals. Classical music resulted in dogs spending more of their time resting than any of the other experimental conditions of auditory stimulation. This type of music also resulted in a significantly lower level of barking. Research suggests that calming music may have a beneficial effect on humans, resulting in diminished agitation, improved mood and lower levels of stress. Although the specific effect of classical music on animals remains unknown, the findings from this study suggest that it may, as in humans, have a calming influence
Human embryonic stem (hES) cells can be induced to differentiate into tyrosine hydroxylase expressing (TH+) cells that may serve as an alternative for cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). To examine in vitro differentiation of hES (MB03, registered in NIH) cells into TH+ cells, hES cells were induced to differentiate according to the 4-/4+ protocol using retinoic acid (RA), ascorbic acid (AA), and/or lithium chloride (LiCl) followed by culture in N2 medium for 14 days, during which time the differentiation occurs. Immunocytochemical stainings of the cells revealed that approximately 21.1% of cells treated with RA plus AA expressed TH protein that is higher than the ratio of TH+ cells seen in any other treatment groups (RA, RA+LiCl or RA+AA+LiCl). In order to see the differentiation pattern in vivo and the ability of in vitro differentiation-induced cells in easing symptomatic motor function of PD animal model, cells (2 10 cells/2) undergone 4-/4+ protocol using RA plus AA without any further treatment were transplanted into unilateral striatum of MPTP-lesioned PD animal model (C57BL/6). Following the surgery, motor behavior of the animals was examined by measuring the retention time on an accelerating rotar-rod far next 10 weeks. No significant differences in retention time of the animals were noticed until 2 weeks post-graft; however, it increased markedly at 6 weeks and 10 weeks time point after the surgery. Immunohistochemical studies confirmed that a reasonable number of TH+ cells were found at the graft site as well as other remote sites, showing the migrating nature of embryonic stem cells. These results suggest that in viかo differentiated hES cells relieve symptomatic motor behavior of PD animal model and should be considered as a promising alternative for the treatment of PD.
This experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of pasture types(mixture and mono tall fescue pasture) and endophyte infection on the animal behavior of Korean native cattle at the Experimental Field of Grassland and Forage Crops Division, Natio
The purpose of this study is to evaluate an efficacy of in vitro differentiated human embryonic stem (hES, MB03) cells expressing Nurr1 in relief of symptomatic motor behavior of Parkinson's disease (PD) animal models MB03 was genetically modified to express Nurr1 protein and was induced to differentiate according to 2-/4+ protocol using retinoic acid and ascorbic acid. The differentiation-induced cells were selected for 10 to 20 days thereafter in N2 medium. Upon selection, cells expressing GFAP, TH, or NF200 were 38.8%, 11%, and 20.5%, respectively. in order to examine therapeutic effects of the differentiated cells in PD animal model, rats were unilaterally lesioned by administration of 6-kydroxydopamine HCI (6-OHDA) into medial forebrain region (MFB, AP -4.4 mm, ML 1.2 mm, DV 78 mm with incision bar set at -2.4 mm), as a reference to bregma and the surface of the skull. Confirmation of successful lesion by apomorphine-induced rotational behavior, differentiated cells were transplanted into the striatum (AP 1.0, ML 3.5, DV -5.0; AP 0.6, ML 2.5, DV -4.5). Improvements of asymmetric motor behavior by the transplantation were examined every two weeks after the surgery. In two weeks, numbers of rotation by the experimental rats were (P<0.05) of the number before transplantation, however, the ratio increased slightly to in six weeks. In contrast, the ratio of sham-grafted animals ranged from 112.3+8.5% to 139.2+28.9% during the examination. Immunohistochemical studies further confirmed the presence, survival, migration, and expression of TH of the transplanted human cells.