Friends With Benefits: On the Positive Consequences of Pet Ownership
Friends With Benefits: On the Positive Consequences of Pet Ownership
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DOI：
10.1037/a0024506
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发表时间：
2011-12-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Martin, Colleen E.
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作者：
McConnell, Allen R.;Brown, Christina M.;Martin, Colleen E.
社会支持对心理和身体健康至关重要，反映了幸福感在我们生活中的中心地位。人类的互动通常为人们提供相当大的社会支持，但宠物也能满足人们的社会需求吗？虽然有相关证据表明，宠物可以帮助面临重大生活压力的个人，但很少有人知道宠物对日常生活的好处。研究1在一个社区样本中发现，宠物主人在几个幸福感方面表现得更好（例如，例如，在一个实施例中，更大的自尊，更多的锻炼）和个人差异（e。例如，在一个实施例中，更大的痛苦，更少的恐惧依恋）措施。研究2评估了一个不同的社区样本，发现当他们的宠物更好地满足社会需求时，主人享有更好的幸福感，宠物提供的支持补充而不是与人类资源竞争。最后，研究3将宠物主人带入实验室，并通过实验证明了宠物避免社交排斥引起的消极情绪的能力。总之，宠物可以作为社会支持的重要来源，为主人提供许多积极的心理和身体益处。
Social support is critical for psychological and physical well-being, reflecting the centrality of belongingness in our lives. Human interactions often provide people with considerable social support, but can pets also fulfill one's social needs? Although there is correlational evidence that pets may help individuals facing significant life stressors, little is known about the well-being benefits of pets for everyday people. Study 1 found in a community sample that pet owners fared better on several well-being (e. g., greater self-esteem, more exercise) and individual-difference (e. g., greater conscientiousness, less fearful attachment) measures. Study 2 assessed a different community sample and found that owners enjoyed better well-being when their pets fulfilled social needs better, and the support that pets provided complemented rather than competed with human sources. Finally, Study 3 brought pet owners into the laboratory and experimentally demonstrated the ability of pets to stave off negativity caused by social rejection. In summary, pets can serve as important sources of social support, providing many positive psychological and physical benefits for their owners.