Short-Term Interaction between Dogs and Their Owners: Effects on Oxytocin, Cortisol, Insulin and Heart Rate—An Exploratory Study

By Linda Handlin, E. Hydbring-Sandberg, Anne Nilsson, Mikael Ejdebäck, A. Jansson, K. Uvnäs-Moberg. 2011

351 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, Social Psychology

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. K. Uvnäs-Moberg
2. J. Serpell

In Genetics

1. J. A. Griffin
2. N. Gee
3. S. McCune
4. K. Uvnäs-Moberg
5. J. Serpell
6. D. Duffy
7. Y. Hsu
8. C. Wynne

In Social Psychology

1. K. Uvnäs-Moberg
2. J. Serpell

Citations in the corpus

• Current challenges to research on animal-assisted interventions (2017, background): “Several studies have demonstrated increases in peripheral OT levels when humans interact with their own (but not other people’s) dogs (Handlin et al., 2011; Miller et al., 2009; Odendaal, 2000; Odendaal & Meintjes, 2003), and another found that both owners’ and dogs’ OT levels were positively…”
• Psychosocial and Psychophysiological Effects of Human-Animal Interactions: The Possible Role of Oxytocin (2012, neutral): “…eliciting help or phone number from others Adult strangers 80 More helping behavior and more trust (giving stranger own phone number) in company of dog Handlin et al. (2011) Experiment: stroking the own dog and talking to it for 3 min, control group without dog interaction Female dog owners (age…”
• Associations between the Psychological Characteristics of the Human–Dog Relationship and Oxytocin and Cortisol Levels (2012, methodology): “Data on the owners’ and dogs’ oxytocin and cortisol levels have been described previously (Handlin et al. 2011) but are summarized in Table 2.”