There is notorious inconsistency regarding mental health benefits of dog ownership, partially due to repeated cross-sectional studies comparing dog owners and non-owners, without taking into account the heterogeneity of dog-owner dyads, especially the activities with which the owners are involved. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive framework of the most important dog human related activities and their impact on owner well-being. Six focus groups with 35 dog owners were conducted, and their audio transcripts thematically analysed. Dog human related activities and themes of activities were linked to their reported changes in well-being through matrix coding. A framework of 58 dog human related activities linked with their specific hedonic well-being, life satisfaction and eudaimonic well-being outcomes was generated. Most activities were reported to improve owner's well-being, (e.g. human-dog tactile interaction increases owner's self-esteem), and a minority was mainly associated with negative outcomes. The richness of the framework presented in this study reinforces the importance of assessing dog ownership well-being outcomes based on specific dog human related activities with which dog owners are involved. This new and systematic investigative approach should decrease inconsistencies in the field and facilitate mental health interventions and study designs of a higher level of evidence.

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关于养狗的精神卫生利益存在着臭名昭著的不一致,部分原因是反复比较养狗人和非养狗人的横断面研究,而没有考虑到养狗人二元组的异质性,尤其是养狗人参与的活动。这项研究旨在为最重要的与狗有关的人类活动及其对主人福祉的影响制定一个全面的框架。由35位狗主人组成的六个焦点小组进行了主题分析,并对其音频记录进行了主题分析。与狗有关的人类活动和活动主题通过矩阵编码与其报告的幸福感变化联系在一起。产生了58种与狗有关的人类相关活动的框架,这些活动与其特定的享乐感,生活满意度和eudaimonic幸福感相关。据报道,大多数活动都是为了改善主人的幸福感 (例如,人与狗的触觉互动会增加主人的自尊心),而少数人主要与负面结果有关。本研究中提出的框架的丰富性加强了根据狗主人参与的特定与狗人类相关的活动评估狗的所有权福祉结果的重要性。这种新的系统调查方法应减少现场的不一致之处,并促进精神卫生干预和更高水平证据的研究设计。

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