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Hundegestützte Therapie im italienischen Strafvollzug: Eine Pilotstudie zur Wirksamkeit eines hundegestützten Interventionsprogramms für drogenabhängige Inhaftierte

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Dieser Forschungsbeitrag aus Italien stellt eine quantitative Untersuchung (mittels standardisierter Fragebögen) der positiven Wirkungen eines standardisierten hundegestützten Interventionsprogramms auf Inhaftierte mit Suchterkrankungen in einer norditalienischen Haftanstalt (Due Palazzi) vor. Die Analyse unterstreicht die Potenziale tiergestützter Therapieprogramme in der Verbesserung sozialer Kompetenzen, der Senkung psychischer Belastungen und damit verknüpft der Verringerung von Angst und Depressionen bei drogenabhängigen erwachsenen Männern.

Die Erstveröffentlichung dieses Artikels erfolgte im International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Contalbrigo, L., De Santis, M., Toson, M., Montanaro, M., Farina, L., Costa, A., & Nava, F. (2017). The efficacy of dog assisted therapy in detained drug users: A pilot study in an Italian attenuated custody institute. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, 683; Online verfügbar: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/7/683/pdf). Die Übersetzung ins Deutsche wurde von Sandra Wesenberg vorgenommen.

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Contalbrigo, L. et al. (2020). Hundegestützte Therapie im italienischen Strafvollzug: Eine Pilotstudie zur Wirksamkeit eines hundegestützten Interventionsprogramms für drogenabhängige Inhaftierte. In: Wesenberg, S., Scheidig, L., Nestmann, F. (eds) Tiergestützte Interventionen im Justizvollzug. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27143-5_12

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