Pet Ownership and Attachment as Supportive Factors in the Health of the Elderly

摘要: AbstractIn order to examine pet ownership and attachment as factors supporting the health of elderly, a national probability sample Americans 65 years age older was drawn. Participants answered telephone survey questions regarding ownership, life stress, social support, depression, recent illness. In multiple regression analyses, failed predict depression illness behavior, while significantly predicted but not experience. group with particularly great distress (the bereaved), strong were associated less only when number available confidants minimal.