(Non-Human) animal companionship: a crucial support for people during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract: Background Human-animal interaction (HAI) offers benefits across physical, emotional, psychological, and social spheres of human functioning. The aim of this paper is to delineate how animal companionship, via provision of HAI benefits, offers vital support to people experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic and associated stressors. Method Each of the empirically supported types of HAI benefits -physical, emotional, psychological, and social- will be situated within a biopsychosocial framework of human functioning and considered in terms of how they may help to ameliorate stressors specifically related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings Benefits derived from animal companionship may help alleviate physical, emotional, psychological, and social stressors specifically related to experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion Benefits of animal companionship may be particularly salient for well-being and coping when people are experiencing a dramatic increase in stressors via a pandemic cri

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Society Register ; 4 (2020) 2 ; 109-120

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Hoy-Gerlach, Janet ; Rauktis, Mary ; Newhill,Christina

Further information

• DOI: 10.14746/sr.2020.4.2.08
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021101410045650334495
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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