Add to ORKGBecause of extensive media coverage, it is now widely believed that pets enhance their owners’ health, sense of psychological well-being, and longevity. But while some researchers have reported that positive effects accrue from interacting with animals, others have found that the health and happiness of pet owners is no better, and in some cases worse, than that of non–pet owners. I discuss some reasons why studies of the effects of pets on people have produced conflicting results, and I argue that the existence of a generalized “pet effect” on human mental and physical health is at present not a fact but an unsubstantiated hypothesis
The $100 billion pet products industry promotes the idea that getting a pet makes people happier. Y...
The relationship between companion animal ownership and wellbeing has received an increasing amount ...
Surveys show that most pet owners are convinced that living with companion animals improves their me...
Because of extensive media coverage, it is now widely believed that pets enhance their owners’ healt...
The “pet effect” is the idea that having a companion animal will improve one’s physical and mental h...
There are many people who would say that an animal’s presence and companionship affect a person’s we...
https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/sc_herzog_comphealth/ The well-studied health benefit...
There is a set of hypotheses commonly used in the literature to explain how pets affect human well-b...
There is conflicting evidence about whether living with pets results in better mental and physical h...
Many studies show that keeping cats and dogs has a positive impact on humans' physical and mental he...
There is conflicting evidence about whether living with pets results in better mental and physical h...
Despite copious research into the association between pet-ownership and human wellbeing in general, ...
There is conflicting evidence about whether living with pets results in better mental and physical h...
The relationship between companion animal ownership and wellbeing has received an increasing amount ...
The original publication can be found at www.springerlink.comBackground: Two reasons for the inconcl...
The $100 billion pet products industry promotes the idea that getting a pet makes people happier. Y...
The relationship between companion animal ownership and wellbeing has received an increasing amount ...
Surveys show that most pet owners are convinced that living with companion animals improves their me...
Because of extensive media coverage, it is now widely believed that pets enhance their owners’ healt...
The “pet effect” is the idea that having a companion animal will improve one’s physical and mental h...
There are many people who would say that an animal’s presence and companionship affect a person’s we...
https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/sc_herzog_comphealth/ The well-studied health benefit...
There is a set of hypotheses commonly used in the literature to explain how pets affect human well-b...
There is conflicting evidence about whether living with pets results in better mental and physical h...
Many studies show that keeping cats and dogs has a positive impact on humans' physical and mental he...
There is conflicting evidence about whether living with pets results in better mental and physical h...
Despite copious research into the association between pet-ownership and human wellbeing in general, ...
There is conflicting evidence about whether living with pets results in better mental and physical h...
The relationship between companion animal ownership and wellbeing has received an increasing amount ...
The original publication can be found at www.springerlink.comBackground: Two reasons for the inconcl...
The $100 billion pet products industry promotes the idea that getting a pet makes people happier. Y...
The relationship between companion animal ownership and wellbeing has received an increasing amount ...
Surveys show that most pet owners are convinced that living with companion animals improves their me...