What's in it for the companion animal? Pet attachment and college students' behaviors toward pets

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Shore, Elsie R ^a   Douglas, Deanna K ^a   Riley, Michelle L ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CAT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 23844530282     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0801_1     Document Type: Article

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