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Stress, social support, health and human-animal bond in single mothers.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Stress, social support, health and human-animal bond in single mothers./
Author:	Koontz, Janet L.
Description:	133 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-11, Section: B, page: 7259.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-11B.
Subject:	Psychology, Psychobiology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3384703
ISBN:	9781109486636

Stress, social support, health and human-animal bond in single mothers.
Koontz, Janet L.

Stress, social support, health and human-animal bond in single mothers. - 133 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-11, Section: B, page: 7259.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northcentral University, 2009.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role (if any) that companion animals (pets) play in stress alleviation/reduction, social support, health and attachment in single mothers. A total of 202 single mothers completed a survey via the Internet, which included the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Comfort from Companion Animal Scale (CCAS), The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support Significant Other Subscale (MSPSS; SO) and a general health self-assessment questionnaire. The prediction that single mothers who own a pet would report lower levels of perceived stress, controlling for age and annual income, was not supported. There was also no statistically significant difference between pet owners and non-owners in terms of general health self-assessment. However, a Pearson product-moment correlation revealed that physician utilization was significantly lower for single mothers who owned a pet (r = .56, p = .001). Single mothers who owned a pet were also significantly less likely to take prescription medication than those who did not own a pet (r = .28, p = .001). Results did show a positive relationship between pet attachment and perceived social support generated by a pet (r = .77, p = .001); however, high pet attachment did not correlate to lower levels of perceived stress. Outcomes from this study did not support the prediction that pets buffer stress. These findings have important implications for further research and validate that pets may have a viable role in promoting healthy behavior and generating perceived social support and comfort to specific populations.

ISBN: 9781109486636Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017821
Psychology, Psychobiology.

Stress, social support, health and human-animal bond in single mothers.
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