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Terapeutas com patas : as expectativas de pacientes e profissionais face à terapia assistida por animais
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A terapia assistida por animais é uma prática com critérios e normas específicas, bem delineadas, na qual o animal é a parte fundamental do tratamento, com a finalidade de promover uma melhoria social, emocional, física e cognitiva nos pacientes. O objetivo principal desta investigação prende-se em compreender e explorar as expectativas dos profissionais e dos pacientes face à terapia assistida por animais. Para tal, o presente estudo é de carácter qualitativo e conta com a participação de 23 sujeitos, dos quais 15 profissionais que implementam a terapia, e 8 pacientes que beneficiam da terapia. Foi possível averiguar que os benefícios que esta terapia acarreta são os mais variados, que as expectativas de resultados dos profissionais são extremamente maleáveis e que os pacientes não demonstram ter expectativas de resultado, pela dificuldade de imaginar o futuro e o abstrato. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo vão de encontro à literatura existente sobre a temática, demonstrando que esta terapia é um excelente complemento a outras terapias uma vez que tem um grande fator motivacional.
Animal assisted therapy is a practice with specific and delineated and specific criteria and norms, wherein the animal plays a fundamental role in the treatment. It aims at enhancing the patient’s social, emotional, physical and cognitive conditions. The focal point of this investigation provides a comprehension and analysis of the expectations held by professionals and patients in relation to animal assisted therapy. In order to fulfil such objectives, this study is of qualitative nature and counts with the participation of twenty-three subjects, wherein fifteen of them are professionals that have implemented the therapy, and eight of them are patients who have benefited from the therapy. It was possible to assess that this therapy entails a multitude of benefits; result expectations are seen as extremely malleable for professionals and intangible for patients, since imagining the future and perceiving the abstract are difficult tasks. The obtained results coincide with the existing literature about the topic, and demonstrate that this therapy is an excellent complement to other therapies, due to its motivational component.
Animal assisted therapy is a practice with specific and delineated and specific criteria and norms, wherein the animal plays a fundamental role in the treatment. It aims at enhancing the patient’s social, emotional, physical and cognitive conditions. The focal point of this investigation provides a comprehension and analysis of the expectations held by professionals and patients in relation to animal assisted therapy. In order to fulfil such objectives, this study is of qualitative nature and counts with the participation of twenty-three subjects, wherein fifteen of them are professionals that have implemented the therapy, and eight of them are patients who have benefited from the therapy. It was possible to assess that this therapy entails a multitude of benefits; result expectations are seen as extremely malleable for professionals and intangible for patients, since imagining the future and perceiving the abstract are difficult tasks. The obtained results coincide with the existing literature about the topic, and demonstrate that this therapy is an excellent complement to other therapies, due to its motivational component.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA – Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Educacional
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Relação homem-animal Animais TAA Expectativas Hipoterapia Cinoterapia Relationship human-animal Animals AAT Expectations Hipotherapy Cinotherapy