Companion animals in human health /
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks :
Sage Publications,
[1998]
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Historical and value perspectives
- Effects of pet contact on human well-being : review of recent research
- Perspectives on animal-assisted activities and therapy
- Hippotherapy and therappeutic riding : an international review
- Pt. 2. Beyond health : extending the definition of health to quality of life
- A Conceptual framework for human-animal interaction research : the challenge revisited
- Models for measuring quality of life : implications for human-animal interaction research
- Pt. 3. Quality of life outcomes : psychosocial aspects of human-animal interactions
- A Theoretical basis for health benefits of pet ownership : attachment versus psychological support
- Loneliness, stress, and human-animal attachment among older adults
- The Relationship between attachment to companion animals and self-esteem : a developmental perspective
- Blind people and their dogs : an empirical study on changes in everyday life, in self-experience, and in communication
- Pt. 4. Quality of life outcomes : the relevance of animals to health and disease
- Animals and cardiovascular health
- Could type A (coronary prone) personality explain the association between pet ownership and health?
- Pet ownership, social support, and one-year survival after acute myocardial infarction in the cardiac arrhythmia suppression trial (CAST)
- The Effect of a therapy dog on socialization and physiological indicators of stress in persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
- Pt. 5. Human growth and development : age-specific quality of life outcomes
- The Role of companion animals in human development
- Impact of pet ownership on the well-being of adolescents with few familial resources
- Pt. 6. The Animal side of the coin : training and welfare standards
- The Importance of training standards and policy for service animals
- Companion animal welfare in private and institutional settings.