Pozitivni učinci provođenja slobodnog vremena uz kućne ljubimce za vrijeme pandemije

master's thesis

• Title (english): Positive effects of spending free time with pets during pandemic
• Author: Klara Pavlinić
• Mentor: Goran Livazović (mentor)
• Mentor: Tanja Bukovčan (komentor)
• Committee member: Ante Kolak (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Goran Livazović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tanja Bukovčan (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Pedagogy); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-10-14, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy; General Pedagogy
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Ethnology and Anthropology; Anthropology

Abstract

Sve je veća zastupljenost kućnih ljubimaca u domovima. Zbog toga su kućni ljubimci sve češće tema mnogih istraživanja pri čemu se ispituje njihov utjecaj na mentalno zdravlje čovjeka, fizičku aktivnost, razinu stresa, utjecaj na starije osobe ili djecu, osjećaj usamljenosti i slično. Zbog pandemije korona virusa koja je aktualna nerijetko se ove dvije teme ispituju povezano. Uočeno je da kućni ljubimci imaju pozitivan utjecaj na čovjeka i pozitivan utjecaj na negativne utjecaje pandemije. Cilj ovog istraživanja je proučiti postoje li razlike u posljedicama pandemije COVID-19 s obzirom na posjedovanje kućnog ljubimca. Istraživanje je provedeno 2021. godine. Uzorak je činilo 593 ispitanika različite dobi (pri čemu je postavljena donja granica na 15 godina, dok gornje granice nije bilo). Primijenjen je mrežni anketni upitnik s ukupno 40 pitanja koja su obuhvaćala opća pitanja koja nam pokazuju demografiju ispitanika, pitanja usmjerena na ispitivanje utjecaja pandemije na ispitanike, pitanja koja se odnose na ispitanike koji imaju kućnog ljubimca te su ispitivali odnos vlasnika i ljubimca, pitanja koja se odnose na ispitanike koji ne posjeduju kućnog ljubimca i ispituju njihove stavove o ljubimcima, pitanja koja ispituju rizična ponašanja i zadnju skupinu pitanja koja ispituje odnose ispitanika s članovima obitelji. Nakon prikupljanja podataka korištena je deskriptivna analiza. Rezultati pokazuju da ispitanici u velikoj mjeri potvrđuju da im je kućni ljubimac olakšao prihvaćanje promjene rutine uzrokovane pandemijom. Osim toga, na temelju potvrdnih odgovora ispitanika možemo pretpostaviti da kućni ljubimac pruža socijalnu podršku vlasniku zbog čega se vlasnik osjeća manje usamljeno čak i u vrijeme karantene i zabrane kretanja uzrokovane pandemijom.

Abstract (english)

Nowadays, more and more households have pets. Because of this, pets are increasingly the subject of many studies, examining their impact on human mental health, physical activity, stress level, impact on the elderly or children, feelings of loneliness, etc. Due to the present coronavirus pandemic, these two topics are often examined together. Observations show that pets have a positive impact on humans and a positive impact on the negative impacts of the pandemic. This research wanted to show whether there are differences in the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic between those who have pets and those who don’t. The research was conducted in 2021. This research had 593 participants of different ages (the lower limit was set at 15 years, while there was no upper limit). An online survey questionnaire with a total of 40 questions was applied, which included general questions that show us the demographics of the respondents, questions aimed at examining the impact of the pandemic on the respondents, questions related to respondents who have a pet and examined the relationship between the owner and the pet, questions that relate to respondents who do not own a pet and examining their attitudes about pets, questions examining risky behaviors and the last group of questions examining the respondents' relationships with family members. After data collection, descriptive analysis was used. Respondents confirm that having a pet eased their acceptance of the change in routine caused by the pandemic. In addition, based on the respondents' affirmative answers, we can assume that pets provide social support to the owner, which makes the owner feel less lonely during the quarantine and travel ban caused by the pandemic.

• Keywords: pandemija; kućni ljubimac; usamljenost; mentalno zdravlje; pozitivni učinci
• Keywords (english): pandemic; pets; loneliness; mental health; positive effects
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:187945
• Study programme: Title: Pedagogy (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra pedagogije (magistar/magistra pedagogije)
• Study programme: Title: Anthropology (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra antropologije (magistar/magistra antropologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-10-20 13:48:42