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The Role of Companion Dogs in the VA Maryland Health Care System Whole Health(y) GeroFit Program
| Contributor(s):: Ortmeyer, Heidi K., Giffuni, Jamie, Etchberger, Danielle, Katzel, Leslie
GeroFit is a gym-based exercise program that promotes health and wellness among older sedentary veterans. The aims of the current study were to determine whether providing a companion dog as an alternative to gym-based exercise would similarly affect whole health outcomes. A total of 15 (n =...
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Role of physical environment and green natural environment of pet-accompanying tourism sites in generating pet owners' life satisfaction
| Contributor(s):: Quan, Wei, Kim, Seongseop, Baah, Nancy Grace, Jung, Heekyoung, Han, Heesup
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MeowPlayLive: Enhancing Animal Live Streaming Experience Through Voice Message-Based Real-Time Viewer-Animal Interaction
| Contributor(s):: Ahn, Chee Eun, Lee, Woohun, Park, Hunmin, Hong, Jiwoo
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Impact of the Dog–Human Bond on Canine Social Evaluation: Attachment Predicts Preference toward Prosocial Actors
| Contributor(s):: Richards, Emily M., Silver, Zachary A., Santos, Laurie R.
Scholars have argued that social evaluation, the capacity to evaluate different potential social partners, is an important capacity not just for humans but for all cooperative species. Recent work has explored whether domesticated dogs share a human-like ability to evaluate others based on...
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Parent and child mental health during COVID-19 in Australia: The role of pet attachment
| Contributor(s):: Shannon K. Bennetts, Sharinne B. Crawford, Tiffani J. Howell, Fiona Burgemeister, Catherine Chamberlain, Kylie Burke, Jan M. Nicholson
Restrictions, social isolation, and uncertainty related to the global COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted the ways that parents and children maintain family routines, health, and wellbeing. Companion animals (pets) can be a critical source of comfort during traumatic experiences, although changes...
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Exploring the Role of Empathy as a Dual Mediator in the Relationship between Human-Pet Attachment and Quality of Life: A Survey Study among Adult Dog Owners
| Contributor(s):: Sung, J. Y., Han, J. S.
This study investigates the impact of empathy on the relationship between human-dog attachment and human quality of life. A survey involving 263 dog owners was conducted to gather data on attachment to dogs, empathy, and human quality of life in Korea. The findings indicate significant...
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Children's bond with companion animals and associations with psychosocial health: A systematic review
| Contributor(s):: Groenewoud, D., Enders-Slegers, M. J., Leontjevas, R., van Dijke, A., de Winkel, T., Hediger, K.
BACKGROUND: Companion animals can fulfill children's attachment needs. A secure attachment to humans is positively associated with psychosocial health, therefore, the extent to which this applies to a strong child-companion animal bond is worth examining. AIMS: We aimed to gain insight into...
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Secure Attachment to Mother and Children’s Psychological Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Pet Attachment
| Contributor(s):: Ribera, Laura Badenes, Longobardi, Claudio, Prino, Laura Elvira, Fabris, Matteo Angelo
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Child sexual abuse survivors: Differential complex multimodal treatment outcomes for pre-COVID and COVID era cohorts
| Contributor(s):: Reeson, Matthew, Polzin, Wanda, Pazderka, Hannah, Agyapong, Vincent, Greenshaw, Andrew J., Hnatko, Gary, Wei, Yifeng, Szymanski, Laurie, Silverstone, Peter H.
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Affiliative Bonds and Cruel Behavior in Childhood Interspecific Relationships: A Conceptual Framework on the Psychodynamics of Affect Regulation
| Contributor(s):: Mezzalira, Selene, Scandurra, Cristiano, Santaniello, Antonio, Mezza, Fabrizio, Saturnino, Claudia, Cristiano, Serena, Pizzo, Rosa, Maldonato, Nelson Mauro, Menna, Lucia Francesca, Bochicchio, Vincenzo
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Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the cat-owner relationship scale (CORS-BR)
| Contributor(s):: Luchesi, Suzana Helena, Machado, Daiana Souza, Trindade, Pedro Henrique Esteves, Otta, Emma
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From Human-Human to Human-Animal Connectedness: An Ambient Display Connecting Humans to Pet Dogs
| Contributor(s):: Kuo, Pei-Yi, Pan, Li-Cheng, Chiao, Wen-Lin
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The everyday work of One Welfare in animal sheltering and protection
| Contributor(s):: Koralesky, Katherine E. E., Rankin, Janet M. M., Fraser, David
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Personality Traits of Brazilian Pet Owners and Nonowners and Their Association with Attachment to Pets
| Contributor(s):: de Albuquerque, Nathália Saraiva, Costa, Dalton Breno, Rodrigues, Gabriel dos Reis, Sessegolo, Natália Silva, Machado, Jéssica Santos, Rossi, Tainá, Moret-Tatay, Carmen, Irigaray, Tatiana Quarti
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What makes a good dog-owner team? – A systematic review about compatibility in personality and attachment
| Contributor(s):: Bender, Yana, Bräuer, Juliane, Schweinberger, Stefan R.
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Pet Ownership and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Resilience and Attachment to Pets
| Contributor(s):: Barklam, Ece Beren, Felisberti, Fatima Maria
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The relationship between attachment to pets and mental health: the shared link via attachment to humans
| Contributor(s):: Johanna Lass-Hennemann, Sarah K. Schäfer, M. Roxanne Sopp, Tanja Michael
Background Several studies have investigated the relationship between emotional attachment to pets and mental health with the majority of studies finding a negative relationship between emotional attachment to pets and mental health. Interestingly, attachment to pets differs from attachment to...
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Cats Are Attached to Humans, After All
| Contributor(s):: Sebastian Ocklenburg
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Application of attachement theory to equine-facilitated therapy
| Contributor(s):: Aviva Vincent, Kathleen J. Farkas
Over the past two decades there has been a growing body of evidence, clinical and anecdotal, that equine-facilitated therapy (EFT) is a powerful tool for social workers and mental health clinicians. Recent research studies have begun to identify, name, and explain the mechanisms of EFT as a...
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Research on the Purchase Intention of Pet Products - A Comparison Study between Malaysia and Taiwan
| Contributor(s):: Hsiao-Chun Wu, Zui- Chih Lee, Reei-Jing Hung, Yueh-Chin Chen, Ai-Ying Kwek
The pet industry market in the whole world is developing in these recent years. However, the phenomenon of declining birthrate has getting more serious as well as the stress at work causes human being to draw spiritual sustenance from keeping pets as companion. Especially for the metro area,...
