Pet and owner personality and mental wellbeing associate with attachment to cats and dogs

Summary: Human-pet attachment can impact the life of both parties, and the identification of underlying characteristics related to attachment style can improve human-pet relationships. We employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore associations between human, dog, and cat personalities, o...

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Main Authors: Aada Ståhl, Milla Salonen, Emma Hakanen, Salla Mikkola, Sini Sulkama, Jari Lahti, Hannes Lohi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223025002