{"title":"[The Importance of Attachment for Human Beings and Dogs - Implications for Dog-Assisted Psychotherapy].","authors":"Janina Schreiber","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.685","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.685","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attachment theory is known as an important therapeutic foundation. Establishing a secure attachment to a caregiver is equally relevant for the mental health of both humans and dogs. A bond can be formed between humans and dogs that is comparable to the attachment between mother and child. Patients with adverse attachment experiences often struggle to maintain stable relationships due to internal working models. Building a therapeutic alliance can also be challenging. On the other hand, establishing a relationship with a dog seems to be successful for patients with adverse attachment experiences. Inclusion of a therapy dog provides them with the opportunity for experiences of trustful relationships.These experiences can then be transferred to the therapist. Later on, internal working models of the patients can indeed come into play in the relationship with the dog. The resulting patterns of relationship can become visible in the interaction with the dog. Within the therapeutic triade of patient, therapy dog and therapist, these patterns can be reflected and integrated into the therapy process. However, achieving this requires a targeted and professionally grounded use of the dog. If dogs are employed with a therapeutic purpose but without professional guidance, there is a risk of reestablishing insecure attachment patterns, which could potentially lead to more disadvantages than benefits for both humans and dogs.</p>","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 8","pages":"685-701"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Mentalisation in Dog-Assisted Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents].","authors":"Gerd Ganser","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.739","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.739","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The article describes how a dog can be integrated into a psychotherapeutic process. Dogs react to momentary moods and functional abilities of patients and therapists and help shape an emerging \"scene\" according to their assessment if they are free to express themselves and are not reduced to a function.The therapist can verbalize the patient's way of shaping the interactions and use it to promote the ability tomentalize. Central therapeutic techniques are \"reflective seeing\", reflection on the scene and the therapist's attitude. After the general description of the concept, the special features of therapy with children and their caregivers are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 8","pages":"739-757"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Katharina Alexandridis, Insa Knust, Jana Magiera, Rachel Wittschier
{"title":"[On the Behaviour-Altering Effect of Horses and Dogs in theTherapy of Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorders].","authors":"Anna Katharina Alexandridis, Insa Knust, Jana Magiera, Rachel Wittschier","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.722","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.722","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of horses and dogs on disorder-specific behavior were examined in amovement-oriented behavioral training for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders. This was done using two behavioral experiments, a two-group experimental plan and a three-group experimental plan, in a within-subject design. In small group settings (3-4 subjects), a total sample of N = 13 was examined in two experiments. In Experiment I, an equineassisted therapy session was compared to a therapy session using an additional person as a control condition (the horse is replaced by a sports student).This experiment was carried out three times in a small group setting with a total of nine subjects (n = 9). In Experiment II, an equineassisted therapy session was compared to a dog-assisted therapy session, using an additional person as a control condition (sports student). Experiment II (n = 4) was carried out once with a small group. In both experiments, symptom-oriented behavior was assessed by Conner's scales and by physical activity measured using accelerometry. As a control variable, the attitudes towards horses, dogs, and sports teachers were recorded by drawings and verbal statements.The results show that in both experiments, the equine-assisted therapy session reduced symptom behavior.The results of accelerometry indicate a superiority of equine-assisted interventions, as physical activity in the equine-assisted setting was lower than in the settings assisted by dog or human, which is considered a desired behavior change in hyperactivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 8","pages":"722-738"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Reviewers].","authors":"","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.760","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.760","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 8","pages":"760"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inhalt.","authors":"","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.661","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.661","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 8","pages":"661-662"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Authors].","authors":"","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.758","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.8.758","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 8","pages":"758-759"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Contents].","authors":"","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.7.571","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.7.571","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 7","pages":"571"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gernot Pfitscher, Anna Wenter, Barbara Juen, Kathrin Sevecke, Silvia Exenberger
{"title":"[Effects of the COVID-19-Pandemic on the AffectiveWell-Being of Preschool Children].","authors":"Gernot Pfitscher, Anna Wenter, Barbara Juen, Kathrin Sevecke, Silvia Exenberger","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.7.574","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.7.574","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of corona-specific variables and post-traumatic stress symptoms associated with the COVID-19-pandemic, considering sociodemographic data and health-related quality of life, on the affective well-being of preschool children and to identify predictors of positive and negative affect. A secondary analysis of third-party assessment data by parents of three- to six-year-old preschool children from the Tyrolean COVID-19 Children's Study at two measurement time points (123 records at t₁ in summer 2020; 467 records at t₂ in winter 2020/21) was conducted. To answer the research question hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed.The largest part of the variance explanation of affective well-being was explained by health-related quality of life: while self-esteem and psychological well-being were measurement-time-independent, effects of physical well-being, preschool, family, and friends were only significant in winter. Coronaspecific variables caused additional variance explanation due to subjective threat experience in winter; post-traumatic stress symptoms had an effect at both measurement-times. In times of crisis children's self-esteem, psychological well-being, and post-traumatic stress symptoms should be considered.Measurement-time-dependent results suggest that the pandemic course plays a decisive role regarding the influence on children's affective well-being. Everyday life and routines must be redefined accordingly and communicated to the children.</p>","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 7","pages":"574-590"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Implications on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Pathology in Adolescents Based on the Sequelae of the Covid-19 Pandemic].","authors":"Maya Krischer, Martina Drust","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.7.605","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.7.605","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic caused more adolescents with a pathological narcissistic personality to seek clinical as well as psychotherapeutic treatment due to suicidal crises, breakdown of social functioning and inability to continue school attendance. Recent study results show that youth with personality disorders (pd) had more trouble returning to school and to everyday life following pandemic related closures of schools. In a sample of adolescent patients with pd who were treated with transference focused psychotherapy (TFP-A) in a day-clinic programsignificantlymore juveniles remained absent fromschool during the pandemic then pre-pandemic. Only 42 % of the adolescents from the pandemic-group returned to school as a result of the treatment in comparison to 53%of the juvenile patients who returned to school after being treated before the pandemic. This might be explained by the specific effect the pandemic had on adolescents with narcissistic pd and their problem with being treated. Unfortunately, there is still hesitance in diagnosing and investigating narcissistic personality pathology in adolescence despite the knowledge that the early diagnosis and specified treatment could prevent unfavorable pathways and chronification of their severe problems. Changes in the conceptualization of pd in ICD-11 and DSM-5 enable a differentiated diagnosis beginning in late childhood. Furthermore, there are specialized manualized treatment approaches for adolescents with pd. This paper aims at illustrating the specific characteristics of narcissistic pd in youth as well as describing the symptom aggravation following the pandemic. It also points out the possibilities of a modified specialized treatment approach based on transference focused psychotherapy. Further research is needed to improve diagnostic and therapeutic modifications for juveniles with pd.</p>","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 7","pages":"605-624"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Authors].","authors":"","doi":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.7.639","DOIUrl":"10.13109/prkk.2023.72.7.639","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45178,"journal":{"name":"Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie","volume":"72 7","pages":"639-640"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}