Pets go to college: the influence of pets on students' perceptions of faculty and their offices
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| Category | Journal Articles |
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| Abstract |
The present study examined the effects of the presence of a pet in a professor's office on college students' perceptions of the office and the professor. Students (n=257) were randomly assigned to view a slide of an office that contained either a dog, a cat, or no animal. Students perceived the office to be more comfortable and the professor to be friendlier when there was a dog in the office than when there was a cat or no animal in the office. They also perceived the professor who occupied the office with a cat to be less busy than the professors who occupied the offices with a dog and with no animal. These results imply that professors may be able to positively influence students' impressions of them by having a dog or a cat in their offices. |
| Date | 2001 |
| Publication Title | Anthrozoos |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 161-168 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 0892-7936 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/089279301786999472 |
| Language | English |
| Author Address | Department of Psychology, 127 Cammack, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475, USA.rose.perrine@eku.edu |
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