Dog ownership, health and physical activity: A critical review of the literature

Cutt, Hayley E.; Giles-Corti, Billie; Knuiman, Matthew; Burke, Valerie

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2006.01.003

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“…Some recent research has demonstrated that belief in animal mind, belief in animal cognition, and belief in animal sentience is dependent on the species in question (Knight et al 2004;Knight et al 2009), and familiarity with animals improves attitudes and empathy toward them (Wells and Hepper 1995;Fidler, Light and Costall 1996;Cutt et al 2006;Daly and Morton 2009;Morris, Knight and Lesley 2012). Familiarity with animals has previously been demonstrated to influence the attribution of one complex emotion, grief.…”

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The Emotional Lives of Companion Animals: Attachment and Subjective Claims by Owners of Cats and Dogs

2016

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There is a growing body of scientific evidence supporting the existence of emotions in nonhuman animals. Companion-animal owners show a strong connection and attachment to their animals and readily assign emotions to them. In this paper we present information on how the attachment level of companion-animal owners correlates with their attribution of emotions to their companion cat or dog and their attribution of mirrored emotions. The results of an online questionnaire, completed by 1,023 Dutch-speaking cat and/or dog owners (mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium), suggest that owners attribute several emotions to their pets. Respondents attributed all posited basic (anger, joy [happiness], fear, surprise, disgust, and sadness) and complex (shame, jealousy, disappointment, and compassion) emotions to their companion animals, with a general trend toward basic emotions (with the exception of sadness) being more commonly attributed than complex emotions. All pet owners showed strong attachment to their companion animal(s), with the degree of attachment (of both cat and dog owners) varying significantly with education level and gender. Owners who ascribed human characteristics to their dog or cat also scored higher on the Pet Bonding Scale (PBS). Finally, owners who found it pleasant to pet their dog or cat had a higher average PBS score than those who did not like to do so. The relationship between owners' attributions of mirrored emotions and the degree of attachment to dogs was significant for all emotions, whilst for cats this relationship was significant only for joy, sadness, surprise, shame, disappointment, and compassion.

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The Emotional Lives of Companion Animals: Attachment and Subjective Claims by Owners of Cats and Dogs

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“…Frequency of visiting and the length of stay in the favourite place, or other green spaces (during free time and at work), the frequency of visiting the summer cottage, and the frequency of physical exercise and activity (alone, in the company of humans or a pet; see Cutt, Giles-Corti, Knuiman & Burke, 2007) may obviously affect the total amount and thus the quality of restorative experiences. There is preliminary evidence that the amount of green space within a 1 -3 km radius from the home is more closely related to self-reported health indicators than the amount of green space within 1 km of the respondents' home (de Vries et al, 2003).…”

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Determinants of restorative experiences in everyday favorite places

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“…The frequency of visits to a place influences the level of attentional restoration [36]. Using the setting of Cheonggyecheon Stream Park, a built environment in the urban center of Seoul, South Korea, this study aims to examine how environmental and individual characteristics affect the selection of a perceived restorative environment.…”

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Applying the Concept of Perceived Restoration to the Case of Cheonggyecheon Stream Park in Seoul, Korea

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Studies on perceived restoration have focused on the differences between natural and artificial environments, whereas studies on what makes people select a particular restorative environment are limited. Using the location of Cheonggyecheon Stream Park in the urban center of Seoul, South Korea, this study tests whether people self-select locations based on individual and environmental characteristics. Empirical testing was conducted on 268 responses on a visitor survey that was developed based on the Perceived Restorativeness Scale. The major findings were that visitors' characteristics such as gender, age, number of companions, visit frequency, and travel mode affect their selection of a particular setting, and that the chosen setting subsequently influences three dimensions of the Scale: being away, fascination, and coherence. These findings suggest that both individual and environmental characteristics should be considered in the creation of an effective perceived restorative environment in an urban center.

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Dog ownership, health and physical activity: A critical review of the literature

Cited by 287 publications

References 88 publications

The Emotional Lives of Companion Animals: Attachment and Subjective Claims by Owners of Cats and Dogs

The Emotional Lives of Companion Animals: Attachment and Subjective Claims by Owners of Cats and Dogs

Determinants of restorative experiences in everyday favorite places

Applying the Concept of Perceived Restoration to the Case of Cheonggyecheon Stream Park in Seoul, Korea

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