WWRI studies the measurable effects of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) on stress and wellbeing in workplace settings. Animal-assisted therapy is widely used in clinical and community care, yet its role in the workplace — where most adults spend the majority of their waking hours — remains comparatively understudied. Our work is designed to bring standardized measurement and reproducible methods to that gap.
We build and validate instruments, run studies using recognized designs, and document our methods and findings openly, working toward a shared measurement standard for workplace AAT.
The effects of animals on people at work are often described informally and rarely quantified in a consistent, comparable way. Without shared measurement, promising programs are hard to evaluate, compare, or fund on evidence. WWRI exists to close that gap with rigor and transparency.
The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale — a widely used, validated measure of perceived stress that anchors our surveys.
A 20-item instrument that incorporates the validated PSS-10 with custom items designed for on-site animal-assisted therapy programs. Undergoing ongoing refinement.
Taking the wellbeing survey takes a few minutes and strengthens the shared evidence base.
