Publications of the Human-Animal Relationship Research Group
Schulze, Michael (2023): The importance of cronies for opioid addicts in substitution therapy. Addiction Therapy, 24/4, pp. 168-177.
Enxing, Julia (2023): Animals. in: Herder, Manuel (ed.): Was kommt, Was geht, Was bleibt. Clever texts on the most important questions of our time. Freiburg i. Brsg., pp. 435-439.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank (2023): Personal human-animal relationships and their significance for social work. ÖJS - Austrian Yearbook for Social Work, 5, pp. 54-74.
Eckloff, Annett; Mauk, Marlen; Bahr, Vanessa; Strutzke, Annett; Wesenberg, Sandra (2023): "As an Asperger, it is also very important to me that things are clear and structured and not always so cross-country". Is the "Berliner Schnauzen" dog-assisted program suitable for working with young people on the autism spectrum? Animal-assisted, 1/2023, p. 14-21.
Enxing, Julia (2022): And God saw that it was bad. Why the Christian faith obliges us to preserve creation. Kösel.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Betzelt, Sigrid; Bredereck, Conny; de Andrade, Marilena; Eckloff, Annett; Gather, Claudia; Lanwehr, Joana; Martikke, Svenja; Gahleitner, Silke (2022): Animal-assisted interventions in therapeutic youth residential groups. Results of an interdisciplinary practical research project in residential youth care. ZKS publishing house for psychosocial media.
Enxing, Julia (2022): A resource for transformation. Anthropocentrism-critical creation theology as a contribution to planetary solidarity. ZPTh, 42/2, pp. 19-27.
Enxing, Julia; Horstmann, Simone; Taxacher, Georg (eds.) (2022): Animate Theologies. An (im)possible project? animate theologies vol. 1. wbg Academics.
Enxing, Julia (2022): Divine-creatural encounters and their potential for an "animal turn" in theology. In: Enxing, Julia; Horstmann, Simone; Taxacher, Georg (eds.): Animate Theologies. An (im)possible project? animate theologies vol. 1. wbg Academics, pp. 151-182.
Scheidig, Lena; Enxing, Julia (2022): "... she realized that something was wrong with me". Social-scientific and theological approaches to human-animal encounters. Pastoral Theology, 111(1), pp. 5-20.
Eckloff, Annett; Wesenberg, Sandra (2022): Animal-assisted interventions in youth residential groups. GreenCare, 1/2022, pp. 25-27.
Scheidig, Lena (2021): Getting on the dog. Animal-assisted interventions. Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation, 60(7), pp. 18-22.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank (eds.) (2021): Focus on "Animals help heal, right? Human-animal relationships and animal-assisted interventions in psychosocial practice". Behavior therapy & psychosocial practice, 53(1).
Nestmann, Frank; Wesenberg, Sandra (2021): Personal human-animal relationships in the Covid-19 pandemic - BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL or SOCIO-PSYCHO-BIOLOGICAL? Does the pandemic teach us to prioritize the effects of human-animal relationships differently? Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 53(1), pp. 11-28.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Eckloff, Annett; de Andrade, Marilena; Lanwehr, Joana; Bredereck, Conny; Betzelt, Sigrid; Gather, Claudia; Gahleitner, Silke (2021): "... that now, for once, it was a group that really helped with things" - Goals, structure and effects of a dog-assisted intervention for psychologically highly stressed young people in therapeutic youth residential groups. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 53(1), pp. 81-98.
Scheidig, Lena; Cramer, Theresa; Nestmann, Frank; Wesenberg, Sandra (2021): Effects of an animal-assisted intervention on the subjective well-being as well as the communication and interaction behavior of incarcerated men - results of a video analysis and survey in prison, Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 53(1), pp. 99-118.
Nestmann, Frank; Wesenberg, Sandra (2021): Einige kritische Gedanken zu den kritischen Gedanken von Andrea Sacher [Reply to Sacher, Andrea: Einige kritische Gedanken zum Thema "Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen" und "Tiergestützte Interventionen", Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 53(1), pp. 121-122]. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 53(1), pp. 123-124.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Scheidig, Lena; Nestmann, Frank (eds.) (2020): Animal-assisted interventions in prisons. SpringerVS.
- Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank: Human-animal relationships and animal-assisted interventions in prisons - An overview of the current state of research and practice, pp. 13-42.
- Wolff, Lydia: "Jailbirds" - Chicken-assisted interventions in juvenile detention in Dresden, pp. 57-75.
- Kirsten, Anja; Hornung, Polli; Scheidig, Lena; Keil, Diana; Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank: "Mopsfidel & Pudelwohl" - Ein tiergestütztes Interventionsprogramm im Männerstrafvollzug, pp. 225-245.
- Cramer, Theresa; Scheidig, Lena; Wesenberg, Sandra: Promoting communication and interaction in the dog-assisted intervention program "Mopsfidel & Pudelwohl" - Results of a video analysis, p. 247-261.
- Scheidig, Lena; Nusime, Rebecca; Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank: "Hund auf's Herz" - Eine hundegestützte Intervention im Frauenstrafvollzug Chemnitz, pp. 263-277.
- Nestmann, Frank; Wesenberg, Sandra; Scheidig, Lena; Bittner, Ellen; Böttcher, Katja; Genn, Rosemarie; Glenk, Lisa-Maria; Hornung, Polli; Huckemeyer, Petra; Kirsten, Anja; Sabla, Kim-Patrick; Stetina, Birgit Ursula: Maxims of animal-assisted work in the penal system, p. 279-288.
Scheidig, Lena (2020): Dog-assisted interventions in the Saxon prison system - results of a pilot study. Animal-assisted, 1/2020, pp. 19-25.
Weber, Mandy; Knappe, Susanne; Nestmann, Frank; Wesenberg, Sandra (2020): Training assistance dogs in Germany - results of an online survey. Animal-assisted, 1/2020, p. 32-35.
Eckloff, Annett; Bredereck, Conny M.; Lanwehr, Joana; de Andrade, Marilena (2020): Insight into practical research: The dog-assisted intervention program "Berliner Schnauzen" in therapeutic youth residential groups. Animal-assisted, 11(2), pp. 38-44.
Wesenberg, Sandra (2020): Animals in social work. Human-animal relationships and animal-assisted interventions. Kohlhammer.
Bredereck, Conny M.; Eckloff, Annett (2019): Dog-assisted interventions in inpatient youth welfare. Sozialmagazin, 11-12/2019, pp. 30-37
Wesenberg, Sandra (2019): Pet ownership and personal human-animal relationships. Social magazine, 11-12/2019, p. 22-29.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank (ed.) (2019): Focus on "Animal-assisted psychotherapy with children and adolescents". Behavior therapy with children & adolescents, 15(2).
Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank (2019): Animal-assisted interventions in child and adolescent psychotherapy and psychiatry - An overview of the current state of research and practice. Behavior Therapy with Children & Adolescents, 15(2), pp. 69-80.
Scheidig, Lena (2019): The dog as a communication helper: animal-assisted intervention with children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders - reflections on potential effects and an overview of the current state of research. Behavior Therapy with Children & Adolescents, 15(2), pp. 81-90.
Hornung, Polli (2019): "Every time the dog is on the ward, it feels like the rest of the world doesn't matter" - Practical experiences from the use of a therapy companion dog on an acute admission ward in child and adolescent psychiatry. Behavior Therapy with Children & Adolescents, 15(2), pp. 115-126.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank (2019): Animal-assisted therapy: yesterday - today - tomorrow. In: Germann-Tillmann, Theres; Merklin, Lily, Stamm Näf, Andrea: Animal-assisted interventions: Praxisbuch zur Förderung von Interaktionen zwischen Mensch und Tier. Göttingen: Hogrefe, pp. 325-332.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank (2019): Science and animal-assisted intervention. In: Germann-Tillmann, Theres; Merklin, Lily, Stamm Näf, Andrea: Animal-assisted interventions: Praxisbuch zur Förderung von Interaktionen zwischen Mensch und Tier. Göttingen: Hogrefe, pp. 271-280.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Mueller, Christoph; Nestmann, Frank; Holthoff-Detto, Vjera (2019): Effects of an animal-assisted intervention on social behavior, emotions, and behavioral and psychological symptoms in nursing home residents with dementia. Psychogeriatrics, 19(3), 219-227.
Schulze, Michael (2018): Animal-assisted interventions in German zoos - A first stocktaking. animal-assisted 2/2018, p 4-8
Wesenberg, Sandra; Enders-Slegers, Marie-Jose (2018): Gerontology, dementia. In: Beetz, Andrea; Riedel, Meike; Wohlfarth, Rainer (eds.): Handbook of animal-assisted interventions. Munich: Ernst-Reinhardt-Verlag, pp. 393-405.
Eckloff, Annett; Wesenberg, Sandra (2018): "That wouldn't have happened in the past" - dogs in retirement homes. Alice, 36/2018, 38-39.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Beckmann, Antje; Nestmann, Frank; Holthoff-Detto, Vjera (eds.) (2016): Animal tandems. Theory and practice of animal-assisted work with older people and people with dementia. Volume I: Basics. Volume II: Manual. Tübingen: dgvt-Verlag.
- Nestmann, Frank; Wesenberg, Sandra; Beckmann, Antje: The relationship between humans and animals and its health-promoting effect from childhood to old age. Volume I, 15-80.
- Holthoff-Detto, Vjera: Old age and dementia. Volume I, 81-94.
- Holthoff-Detto, Vjera; Nestmann, Frank; Beckmann, Antje; Gerner, Antje; Marschner, Kira; Werner, Jillian; Wesenberg, Sandra: Tiergestützte Intervention bei Demenzkranken - Ein Forschungsprojekt im Überblick. Volume I, 95-120.
- Wesenberg, Sandra: Development and evaluation of the animal-assisted intervention program "Animal Tandems". Volume I, 121-140.
- Wesenberg, Sandra: Short-term effects of animal-assisted interventions on people with dementia - results of a video-based observation. Volume I, 141-162.
- Beckmann, Antje; Rackel, Yvonne: Psychosocial effects and typifications in the "Animal Tandems" programme - a documentation analysis. Volume I, 163-196.
- Drigalla, Silke; Werner, Jillian; Wesenberg, Sandra: Animal-assisted interventions from the perspective of relatives of nursing home residents with dementia. In: Wesenberg et al, Volume I, 197-213.
- Beckmann, Antje; Werner, Jillian; Wesenberg, Sandra: Manual for the animal-assisted intervention program "Animal Tandems". In Wesenberg et al, Volume II, 7-80.
Nestmann, Frank; Beckmann, Antje; Wesenberg, Sandra (2015): Effects of animal-assisted interventions in dementia care. In: Mars Petcare Germany (ed.): Pets and health. Prevention - assistance - therapy. Verden: Self-published, 61-63.
Wesenberg. Sandra (2015): Animal-assisted interventions in dementia care. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Wolff, Lydia (2015): Animal-assisted intervention and art therapy in youth detention. Experiences as a systemic art therapist in total institutions. In: Redmann, Björn; Hußmann, Marcus (eds.): Social work in youth detention. Between education and punishment. Weinheim, Basel: BeltzJuventa, 282-294.
Holthoff, Vjera; Wesenberg, Sandra; Beckmann, Antje (2014): Doctor dog helps people with dementia?! In: Bock, Karin; Kupfer, Annett; Simon, Romy; Weinhold, Kathy; Wesenberg, Sandra (eds.): Counseling and social relationships. Weinheim, Basel: BeltzJuventa, 280-300.
Nestmann, Frank (2014): Animals help to heal. In: Bock, Karin; Kupfer, Annett; Simon, Romy; Weinhold, Kathy; Wesenberg, Sandra (eds.): Beratung und soziale Beziehungen. Weinheim, Basel: BeltzJuventa, 316-344.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank (2014): Animal-assisted interventions. In: Gahleitner, Silke Brigitta; Hahn, Gernot; Glemser, Rolf (eds.): Psychosoziale Interventionen. Cologne: Psychiatrie-Verlag, 140-157.
Beckmann, Antje (2013): Human animal bond within the context of dementia - Possibilities of animal-assisted intervention for the psychosocial well-being and quality of life of elderly and demented people in inpatient facilities. Dissertation, TUD Dresden University of Technology. Available online: http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/15568/Dissertation_Beckmann2014.pdf
Wesenberg, Sandra (2013): Animal-assisted interventions in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 45 (1), 111-122.
Wesenberg, Sandra (2013): Cuddles - the use of animals in geriatric care. Care for the elderly, 38 (2), 19-23.
Human-animal relationship research group at TU Dresden (ed.) (2012): Animal-assisted intervention in the focus of science. Conference, September 7-8, 2012, conference reader. Available online: http://docplayer.org/14182580-Tagungsreader-tiergestuetzte-intervention-im-fokus-der-wissenschaften.html
Wesenberg, Sandra; Nestmann, Frank (2012): Human-animal interactions in the subjective perception of mentally disturbed children and adolescents. In: Hanses, Andreas; Sander, Kirsten (eds.): Interaction orders. Health as social practice. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 219-238.
Wesenberg, Sandra (2012): Effects of animal-assisted interventions on nursing home residents with dementia. In: Buchner-Fuhs, Jutta; Rose, Lotte (eds.): Animal social work. A reader for the profession on living and working with animals. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 383-397.
Nestmann, Frank; Beckmann, Antje; Wesenberg, Sandra (2012): Effects of animals on dementia patients. In: Mars Petcare Germany (ed.): Dog - Cat - Human. Germans and their pets. Verden: Eigenverlag, 172-173.
Wesenberg, Sandra (2012): Why pets are good for children. The importance of animals in childhood and adolescence. Betrifft Mädchen, 25 (2), 60-64.
Wesenberg, Sandra; Werner, Jillian; Beckmann, Antje; Gerner, Antje; Nestmann, Frank; Holthoff; Vjera (2012): Animal-assisted intervention with nursing home residents suffering from dementia. Social Passages, 4 (2), 297-302.
Beckmann, Antje (2010): The investigation of psychosocial effects of animal-assisted intervention in people with dementia in inpatient facilities. Behavior therapy and psychosocial practice, 42, 69-85.
Beckmann, Antje; Wesenberg, Sandra (2010): Pet Encounters - Animal-assisted intervention for elderly people in need of help. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 42 (1), 87-95.
Nestmann, Frank (2010): Foreword by the editors to the focus "Animals help!". Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice 42, 5-6.
Nestmann, Frank (2010): Helpful animal effects in everyday life and therapy - Biopsychosocial effects and attempts at explanation. Behavior Therapy and Psychosocial Practice, 42, 9-29.
Wesenberg, Sandra (2010): The subjective significance of the relationship with animals for mentally disturbed children and adolescents. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 42, 45-56.
Nestmann, Frank (2005): Hairy helpers, feathered companions and scaly friends. Group Dynamics and Organizational Consulting, 36, 443-469.
Nestmann, Frank (1994): Animals help to heal. Scientific Journal of the TUD Dresden University of Technology, 43, 64-74.