The Pet Factor - Companion Animals as a Conduit for Getting to Know People, Friendship Formation and Social Support

BACKGROUND: While companion animals have been previously identified as a direct source of companionship and support to their owners, their role as a catalyst for friendship formation or social support networks among humans has received little attention. This study investigated the indirect role of p...

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Autores principales: Wood, Lisa, Martin, Karen, Christian, Hayley, Nathan, Andrea, Lauritsen, Claire, Houghton, Steve, Kawachi, Ichiro, McCune, Sandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25924013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122085

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25924013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122085

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