The Impact of Pets on Human Health and Psychological Well-Being

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People and Companion Animals: It Takes Two to Tango (2016, background): “…fear, disgust, sadness) and complex emotions (shame, jealousy, disappointment, compassion) to their companion animals. need to be considered and reviewed in order to paint a full picture of human– animal relations and understand when and for whom these relations are beneficial or not (Herzog 2011).”
We Are Family: Viewing Pets as Family Members Improves Wellbeing (2019, background): “To be clear, companion animals are not a panacea and some replication studies report null or mixed results (Amiot & Bastian, 2015; Herzog, 2011), but overall there is good evidence that pets can provide benefits through perceptions of enhanced social support, and these findings have been shown in…”
Theories and possible processes of action in animal assisted interventions (2017, background): “Furthermore, it should be mentioned that there is also research that has not found significant effects on the reported parameters, for example, regarding health parameters and motivation (for reviews see Herzog, 2011; Marino, 2012).”