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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...
Autores principales: | Wood, Lisa, Martin, Karen, Christian, Hayley, Nathan, Andrea, Lauritsen, Claire, Houghton, Steve, Kawachi, Ichiro, McCune, Sandra |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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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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