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Small Pilot Survey on Parents’ Perception of the Relationship between Children and Pets
Since companion animals are taking on more important roles in family life, the aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of parents about the relationship between their children and pets. A number of parents were asked to fill in a questionnaire; the principal topics were: pet ownership, pet...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753632/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29056710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4040052 |
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author | Russo, Natalia Vergnano, Diana Bergero, Domenico Prola, Liviana |
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description | Since companion animals are taking on more important roles in family life, the aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of parents about the relationship between their children and pets. A number of parents were asked to fill in a questionnaire; the principal topics were: pet ownership, pet care, relationship between pets and children, and sources of information about pet management. Eighty-two parents completed the survey; 71.4% of them already had pets before having children; pet care and health has emerged to be rather important, since 96.4% of the pets are taken to the veterinarian at least once a year; moreover, the great majority of the parents (97.2%) were not worried about the possible risks, linked to pets, pertaining to their child’s health. The present survey confirms that pets are mostly considered as members of the family, and not only as a benefit for the children. Moreover, the relationship between children and pets is basically seen as a positive experience for children. |
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spelling | pubmed-57536322018-01-08 Small Pilot Survey on Parents’ Perception of the Relationship between Children and Pets Russo, Natalia Vergnano, Diana Bergero, Domenico Prola, Liviana Vet Sci Communication Since companion animals are taking on more important roles in family life, the aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of parents about the relationship between their children and pets. A number of parents were asked to fill in a questionnaire; the principal topics were: pet ownership, pet care, relationship between pets and children, and sources of information about pet management. Eighty-two parents completed the survey; 71.4% of them already had pets before having children; pet care and health has emerged to be rather important, since 96.4% of the pets are taken to the veterinarian at least once a year; moreover, the great majority of the parents (97.2%) were not worried about the possible risks, linked to pets, pertaining to their child’s health. The present survey confirms that pets are mostly considered as members of the family, and not only as a benefit for the children. Moreover, the relationship between children and pets is basically seen as a positive experience for children. MDPI 2017-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5753632/ /pubmed/29056710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4040052 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Russo, Natalia Vergnano, Diana Bergero, Domenico Prola, Liviana Small Pilot Survey on Parents’ Perception of the Relationship between Children and Pets |
title | Small Pilot Survey on Parents’ Perception of the Relationship between Children and Pets |
title_full | Small Pilot Survey on Parents’ Perception of the Relationship between Children and Pets |
title_fullStr | Small Pilot Survey on Parents’ Perception of the Relationship between Children and Pets |
title_full_unstemmed | Small Pilot Survey on Parents’ Perception of the Relationship between Children and Pets |
title_short | Small Pilot Survey on Parents’ Perception of the Relationship between Children and Pets |
title_sort | small pilot survey on parents’ perception of the relationship between children and pets |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753632/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29056710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4040052 |
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