Good dog, happy owner: Perceived social support as a mediator between pet companionship and subjective well-being
Although previous research has established animal assisted therapy as beneficial to individuals with special needs (Sach-Ericson, Hansen & Fitzgerald, 2002), literature has been inconclusive as to whether pet companionship is advantageous to the casual pet owner. The present research investigate...
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Animo Repository
2018
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| Online Access: | https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9578 |
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| Institution: | De La Salle University |
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| Summary: | Although previous research has established animal assisted therapy as beneficial to individuals with special needs (Sach-Ericson, Hansen & Fitzgerald, 2002), literature has been inconclusive as to whether pet companionship is advantageous to the casual pet owner. The present research investigates pet companionship as predictor to subjective well-being. To address the research questions, data was gathered and analyzed through quantitative research methods. The sampled population in the study includes 670 causal dog owners from the Philippines with a mean age of 23.25 (SD=6.59). Respondents answered the Monash dog-owner relationship scale (Dwyer, Bennett, & Coleman, 2006), Multidimensional scale of perceived social support (Meehan, Massavelli, & Pachan, 2017), and Satisfaction with life scale (Diener, Emmons, Larson & Griffin, 1985). The results of the study indicate that pet companionship predicts subjective well-being, and that perceived social support from pet mediates the relationship between pet companionship and subjective well-being. Hence, the results imply that pet companionship promotes subjective well-being, by the mean of perceived social support from pet. |
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