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Empathy and perception of animal welfare among Mexican students of professions related to the use, management and care of animalsEmpatia y percepcion del bienestar animal entre estudiantes mexicanos de profesiones relacionadas al uso, manejo y cuidad
Contributor(s):: Torres Cardona, M. G., Sanchez Mendez, A. I., Almaraz Buendia, I., Peralta Ortiz, J. J. G., Meza Nieto, M., Alejos de la Fuente, J. I.
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Ponies Proliferate Positive Affect: The Effectiveness of Equine Therapy on Positive Affect in Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbances
| Contributor(s):: Hannah Roberts, Nikki Honzel
Adolescents with serious emotional disturbances (SED) are a particularly difficult population to treat due to high comorbidity rates of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and behavioral conduct disorders. The current study compared the effectiveness of equine-facilitated psychotherapy...
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Lesson Plan Helps Volunteers Improve Learning Among 4-H Youths in Animal Projects
| Contributor(s):: Timothy Ewers, Scott Nash, Alaena Ruth, Julia Piaskowski
Continued development and delivery of animal science programs for 4-H youths is a critical need in all livestock production regions. The large number of 4-H youth programs, their rural locations, and the small number of 4-H Extension professionals make delivery of new curricula challenging. In...
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Pets: Their Effects On The Elderly
| Contributor(s):: Marjorie Flynn
Pets have always had a capacity for putting human beings in touch with life. Watching a puppy or a kitten at play stirs a joy somewhere deep within us bringing with it a smile or a chuckle. Pets remind us of spring, of youth, of all there is to see on this earth that is new and alive. Pets keep...
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Human-Animal Interactions in Ireland
| Contributor(s):: Emily Nelson
My STEP Signature Project was an Education Abroad program to various parts of Ireland which provided a plethora of experiences with the different types of human-animal interactions that they have to offer. The trip included visits to agricultural and production farms and facilities, zoos, and...
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Dogs and blood pressure in non-dog owners
| Contributor(s):: Natasha Adamson
Several studies have shown that the presence of a dog can reduce blood pressure during a stressful situation. A study done in 2001 demonstrated that for blood pressure to be reduced during a stressor the subjects must be dog owners. The purpose of this experiment was to determine if four, one...
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The Effects of Bonding with a Canine on Bereavement Following the Loss of a Family Member
| Contributor(s):: Turab, Mahwish A.
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Effect of Human-Animal Interactions on Retail Employees' Job Satisfaction and Job Performance
| Contributor(s):: Davis, Michelle E.
Research has shown that companion animals can have a positive effect on people who suffer from mental and physical illnesses; however, few studies have considered the impact of human-animal interactions (HAIs) on employees in the work environment. This quantitative study investigated the effect...
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Understanding Therapy Dogs: The Underlying Components of Their Relationship with Owners, Their Physiology, and How They Compare to Pet and Service Dogs
| Contributor(s):: Cunningham, Kristen M.
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Correctional Education as Therapeutic Change: Exploring the Use of Animal-Assisted Therapy Programs with Incarcerated Women
| Contributor(s):: Ciez, Terrie
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Alienation, Modernization, and Animal Welfare: Human-Animal Relationships at the Farm, State, and Country Levels
| Contributor(s):: Briscoe, Michael D.
Our relationships with animals are important for us as humans, for the environment, and for the animals themselves. In this dissertation I look at the relationships between humans and animals at three scales: farm, U.S. state, and country. Specifically, I address how factors like economic...
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Impacts of Tourism on the Ecophysiology of the Endangered Northern Bahamian Rock Iguana (Cyclura Cychlura)
| Contributor(s):: Webb, Alison C.
Increased interest in ecotourism over recent years has led to more direct human-animal interactions and a striking concomitant increase in the provisioning of non-natural food, that may have unintended consequences for the wildlife involved. The critically endangered Northern Bahamian Rock...
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A Life After the Laboratory: Exploring the Policy and Practice of Laboratory Animal Rehoming
| Contributor(s):: Skidmore, Tess Alexandra
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American Animals, American Men: Popular Literature from 1830 to 1915
| Contributor(s):: Kelly, Stephen D.
Critics of animal rights often deride the movement’s proponents for having a sentimental, juvenile misconception of what animals really are, an argument bolstered by the fact that few twenty-first-century Americans besides those engaged in the industries of animal exploitation have any...
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La Mujer en la Frontera de lo Humano: Personajes Femeninos Liminales en el Teatro del Siglo de Oro
| Contributor(s):: Gallego Zarzosa, Alicia
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Flesh and Blood: The Metaphorics of Meat in Modern Jewish Culture
| Contributor(s):: Fermentto-Tzaisler, Julia
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Militarizing Affection: The Making of the Military Working Dog Team
| Contributor(s):: Drake, Ashley Elizabeth
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Children of Oryx, Children of Crake: Human-Animal Relationships in Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy
| Contributor(s):: Jessica C. Franken
Climate change and industrialization have introduced new tensions to human-animal interactions in the United States—tensions explored in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy (2003-2013). Tying the world of the novels to real-life trends, I examine MaddAddam’s portrayal of...
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Human-Animal Studies: Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Present, Troubling the Future
| Contributor(s):: Shapiro, K.
This is the third in a series of reports on the state of the field of Human-Animal Studies. In the introductory section, major terms in the prevailing definition of the field—Human-Animal Studies is the interdisciplinary study of human-animal relationships—are unpacked and critically...
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Guide to Human-Animal Interaction Education
| Contributor(s):: Phyllis Erdman, Megan. R. LaFollette, Netzin G. Steklis, H. Dieter Steklis, Monique Germone, Lori R. Kogan
Pursuing a career in human-animal interaction (HAI) may feel daunting, as this field is quickly growing and changing, and offers a wide array of career possibilities with pathways and educational programs. Yet, it is this broad scope of possibilities that can make navigating the field...
