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http://dx.doi.org/10.7852/ijie.2015.31.2.90

Positive affect of insect-mediated mental healthcare program to adolescent's emotions  

Bae, Sung-Min (Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture, Life & Environment Science, Chungbuk National University)
Shin, Tae-Young (Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture, Life & Environment Science, Chungbuk National University)
Jun, Young Soon (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital)
Woo, Soo-Dong (Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture, Life & Environment Science, Chungbuk National University)
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International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials / v.31, no.2, 2015 , pp. 90-94 More about this Journal
Abstract
Several insects have been shown to exert a strong influence positively on peoples' emotions. Insect-mediated mental healthcare program was designed to help meet the physical, behavioral and developmental needs of adolescents. They were provided with an insectmediated mental healthcare program for a total of 10 sessions, one session per wk, at 1 h per session, accompanied by a pre- and post-test for emotion. Significant differences and correlations were found according to the individual participants' planning, subjective quality of life, self-reported depression and self-worth, respectively. The results indicated that adolescents who participated in the insect-mediated healthcare program group once showed significant improvement in their planning, subjective quality of life and self-worth. However, most of all participants' self-reported depression was not influenced. These findings suggest that pet-insects positively affect adolescent's emotional health via an insect-mediated healthcare program.
Keywords
insect; mental healthcare program; adolescents; emotions;
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