Dog and Cat Ownership Predicts Adolescents’ Mental Well-Being: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study

Dog and Cat Ownership Predicts Adolescents’ Mental Well-Being: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study

A potential association between pet ownership and mental well-being is suggested, but there is a shortage of high-quality longitudinal studies that consider probable differences among different species. We aimed to examine whether ownership of the most popular pets (dogs and cats) would predict ment...

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Main Authors: Kaori Endo, Syudo Yamasaki, Shuntaro Ando, Takefumi Kikusui, Kazutaka Mogi, Miho Nagasawa, Itsuka Kamimura, Junko Ishihara, Miharu Nakanishi, Satoshi Usami, Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Kiyoto Kasai, Atsushi Nishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
pets
dogs
cats
cohort studies
adolescent
well-being
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/3/884

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