Felicidad subjetiva después de vivir un evento traumático en personas con y sin animales de compañía

Abstract

R. (2019). Felicidad subjetiva después de vivir un evento traumático en personas con y sin animales de compañía [S u b j e c t i v e H a p p i n e s s a f t e r L i v i n g a T r a u m a t i c E v e n t i n P e o p l e w i t h a n d w i t h o u t C o m p a n i o n A n i m a l s ]. Acción Psicológica, 16(1), 91-104.

Dogs and the Good Life: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Association Between the Dog–Owner Relationship and Owner Mental Wellbeing

“…Our contradictory findings regarding anxiety and depression and different scales of the dog–owner relationship corroborate the existing literature, as some studies find a positive relationship between pet ownership/dog–owner relationships and mental wellbeing ( Zimolag and Krupa, 2009 ; González RamÍrez and Landero Hernández, 2011 ; Bakerjian, 2014 ; Wheeler and Faulkner, 2015 ; Brooks et al, 2016 ; Mota Pereira and Fonte, 2018 ; González-Ramírez et al, 2019 ; Liu et al, 2019 ; Powell et al, 2019 ; Hawkins et al, 2021 ), others a negative relationship ( Parslow et al, 2005 ; Peacock et al, 2012 ; Bradley and Bennett, 2015 ; Enmarker et al, 2015 ; Mueller et al, 2018 ; Sharpley et al, 2020 ) and others none ( Fraser et al, 2020 ; Le Roux and Wright, 2020 ). In our research, the perceived costs subscale consistently showed a lower perceived burden was positively associated with all mental health outcomes, including anxiety and depression.…”

“…Contrarily, in a study of treatment-resistant depression, it was found that an intervention group who adopted a pet improved compared to a control ( Mota Pereira and Fonte, 2018 ), and in a study conducted on US veterans suffering from PTSD, it was reported that adopting a companion dog increased their wellbeing while decreasing their mental health symptoms ( Stern et al, 2013 ). Further, among people with PTSD, owning a pet at the time of the traumatic event was associated with higher levels of happiness ( González-Ramírez et al, 2019 ). There is also some evidence that dog owners may be less lonely ( Gilbey and Tani, 2015 ; Powell et al, 2019 ) and less likely to report a long-standing mental health illness ( Liu et al, 2019 ).…”

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“…Contrarily, in a study of treatmentresistant depression, it was found that an intervention group who adopted a pet improved compared to a control (Mota Pereira and Fonte, 2018), and in a study conducted on US veterans suffering from PTSD, it was reported that adopting a companion dog increased their wellbeing while decreasing their mental health symptoms (Stern et al, 2013). Further, among people with PTSD, owning a pet at the time of the traumatic event was associated with higher levels of happiness (González-Ramírez et al, 2019). There is also some evidence that dog owners may be less lonely (Gilbey and Tani, 2015;Powell et al, 2019) and less likely to report a long-standing mental health illness (Liu et al, 2019).…”