Empathic differences in adults as a function of childhood and adult pet ownership and pet type

Anthrozoos

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-382

  Daly, Beth ^a   Morton, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult empathy; Cat dog differences; Companion animals; Empathic differences; Pet ownership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; FELID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OWNERSHIP; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70449109387     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279309X12538695316383     Document Type: Article

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