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Animal-assisted interventions: making better use of the human-animal bond [PDF]

, 2014
In the third of Veterinary Record’s series of articles promoting One Health, Daniel Mills and Sophie Hall discuss the therapeutic effects of companion animals, the influence of pets on childhood development and how researchers are elucidating the true ...
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, ANON, Auyeung, Ayres, Banks, Barker, Barker, Beetz, Berkman, Bowlby, Chandler, Charnetsky, Cohen, Cohen, Corson, Deloache, Friedmann, Friesen, Grandgeorge, Gross, Gunter, Haggerty, Headey, Headey, Headey, Heimlich, Kahn, Katcher, Kellert, Knapp, Kruger, Kumasaka, Lang, Macdonald, Marino, Mcnicholas, Melson, Merrick, Mossello, MuÑoz, Nathanson, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, Norris, O'haire, Panksepp, Poresky, Rieger, Rogers, Serpell, Silva, Turner, Van houtte, Vidovic, Walsh, Wilson, Wisdom   +55 more
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Human-animal relationships and interactions during the Covid-19 lockdown phase in the UK: Investigating links with mental health and loneliness.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundThe Covid-19 pandemic raises questions about the role that relationships and interactions between humans and animals play in the context of widespread social distancing and isolation measures. We aimed to investigate links between mental health
Elena Ratschen, Emily Shoesmith, Lion Shahab, Karine Silva, Dimitra Kale, Paul Toner, Catherine Reeve, Daniel S Mills   +7 more
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Dog guardians and genetic testing: Survey textbox responses & human-animal bond influences

Human-Animal Interactions, 2023
Research has yet to evaluate how direct-to-consumer genetic services for companion animals may influence the human–animal bond (HAB). US-based Wisdom Panel TM customers were invited to complete an online survey to evaluate dog guardians who had ...
Nikki E. Bennett, Suzanna Soto, Jhobany Nicolas-Serrano, P. Gray   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hefting onto place: intersecting lives of humans and sheep on Scottish hills landscape [PDF]

, 2014
This paper analyzes the phenomenon called hefting of sheep onto the landscape of hill sheep farms in the Scottish Borders. It is based upon data collected during extended periods of ethnographic fieldwork beginning in 1981 and continuing to the present ...
Gray, J.
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Editorial: Enhancing companion animal welfare through advanced behavioral management strategies [PDF]

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Yasemin Salgirli Demirbas, Yasemin Salgirli Demirbas, Kevin James McPeake, Joana Soares Pereira, Xavier De Jaeger   +4 more
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Process Evaluation of Animal Assisted Therapies with Children: The Role of the Human-Animal Bond on the Therapeutic Alliance, Depth of Elaboration, and Smoothness of Sessions

Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2022
Objective: The current study examined the change processes in three Animal Assisted Therapies (AATs) by assessing the relationship between the human-animal bond and the therapeutic alliance, depth of elaboration, and smoothness of treatment sessions ...
Fabrizio Mezza, Claudia Saturnino, Rosa Pizzo, Antonio Santaniello, Serena Cristiano, Susanne Garzillo, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Lucia Francesca Menna, Cristiano Scandurra   +9 more
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The Strength and Conflicts of the Human-Animal Bond in Aotearoa New Zealand

Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Health & Wellbeing), 2023
This paper presents a qualitative research study that explores the lived experiences and relationships between individuals and their animals. The research methodology employed is narrative inquiry, allowing for deeper understanding of the participants ...
F. Brown, Jane P. Jones, Sylvia Ma
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Strengthening Zooeyia: Understanding the Human-Animal Bond between Veterans Living with Comorbid Substance Use and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and their Service Dogs

Human-animal interaction bulletin, 2022
Zooeyia includes the potential benefits that interactions and relationships with companion animals can bring to human health. These potential benefits have been grouped into four components to describe the means through which they may occur: pets as ...
L. Williamson, C. Dell, D. Chalmers, M. Cruz, P. de Groot   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Development of the cat-owner relationship scale (CORS) [PDF]

, 2017
Characteristics of the human-animal bond can be influenced by both owner-related and pet-related factors, which likely differ between species. Three studies adapted the Monash Dog-Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) to permit assessment of human-cat ...
American Veterinary Medical Association, Anderson, Animal Health Alliance, Anna Holloway, Bradshaw, Downey, Dwyer, Emerson, Herzog, Howell, Jaume Fatjó, Johnson, Jonathan Bowen, Lago, Miller, Paula Calvo, Pauleen C. Bennett, People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, Staats, Templer, Tiffani J. Howell, Wilson, Wilson, Winefield, Zasloff, Zasloff   +25 more
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Modification of the Feline-Ality Assessment and the Ability to Predict Adopted Cats' Behaviors in Their New Homes [PDF]

, 2015
It is estimated that 2.5 million cats enter animal shelters in the United States every year and as few as 20% leave the shelter alive. Of those adopted, the greatest risk to post-adoption human animal bond is unrealistic expectations set by the adopter ...
Houpt, Kessler, Mendl, Newbury, Patronek, Turner, Weiss   +6 more
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