Mutuality and well-being: The human–animal bond.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betz King ◽  
Maureen McGlinn ◽  
Adam Duberstein
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal

The Human Animal Bond: Applications for Rehabilitation Professionals

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Silcox ◽  
Yuleinys A. Castillo ◽  
Bruce J. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Therapeutic Modality ◽  
Adaptive Intervention ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Rehabilitation Outcomes ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Vocational Goals ◽  
The Impact

The human-animal bond is a poweiful tool that may be overlooked by rehabilitation professionals in providing services to their clients. While the primary focus of rehabilitation counselors is meeting the vocational goals of the client, secondary factors related to the disability often hinder the ability of consumers to meet those goals. Research has demonstrated that animals can have positive influences on the medical, social, behavioral and psychological well-being of individuals including those with disabilities. Animals can be used as a therapeutic modality or as an adaptive intervention to help facilitate positive rehabilitation outcomes. The use of animals may be a cost effective intervention that can lessen the impact of a disability.

scholarly journals Caring for the Animal Caregiver—Occupational Health, Human-Animal Bond and Compassion Fatigue

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Preston Van Hooser ◽  
Cynthia Pekow ◽  
Holly M. Nguyen ◽  
Dominic M. D'Urso ◽  
Sara E. Kerner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Laboratory Animal ◽  
One Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Written Word

Laboratory Animal Professionals experience many positive and rewarding interactions when caring for and working with research animals. However, these professionals also may experience conflicting feelings and exhaustion when the work is stressful due to factors such as limited resources, making end of life decisions, dealing with conflicting priorities, and negotiating animal care priorities with colleagues. These stresses may be further complicated by each individual's self-understanding and emotional investment in the human-animal bond. The term used for this type of complex emotional conflict and exhaustion is Compassion Fatigue. Compassion Fatigue in the Laboratory Animal Science setting is a combination of physical, emotional and psychological depletion associated with working with and caring for animals and their well-being in a research environment. The University of Washington has developed a Compassion in Science Program called Dare2Care which emphasizes self-care and helps Laboratory Animal Professionals identify stress factors and work toward a personal solution to relieve stress. The first step in developing a resiliency program is to assess the current culture and needs of the organization. At an institutional level we identified that we needed increased communication concerning study endpoints, as well as identified individuals with whom affected personnel can talk about personal concerns. We also implemented community events to reflect on the positive aspects of this field of work. We improved the physical work environment, and provided outlets established for personnel to express feelings via written word or artistically. Lastly, we started working with our Center for One Health to encompass a holisitic approach to the occupational health of our animal caregivers. One health is the relationship and interplay between people, animals and the environment and we needed to include emotional well-being in our assessment of the health of our personnel. A question was added to our occupational health screening form to include additional health or workplace concerns (e.g., Compassion Fatigue) not covered by the questionnaire, and we added a component of Compassion Fatigue awareness in our training program. Here we review the importance of identifying Compassion Fatigue in the animal research setting, focus on developing a compassion resiliency culture and provide tools and coping strategies to validate and strengthen the human-animal bond with research animals and to sustain the care that is necessary for both people and research animals.

A Longitudinal Study of the Human-animal Bond as Described in Childrens' Literature

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara R. Staats ◽  
Elizabeth Caldwell ◽  
William Mcelhaney ◽  
Lance Garmon ◽  
Tyra Ross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal

Accident before Love

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon P. Holland
Keyword(s):  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Historical Moment

Holland’s essay is part theory, part personal reflection, and thoroughly poetic in its engagement with Dave the Potter as both a historical figure, to be read and reflected upon, and as a provocation to interrogate the boundaries of our own historical moment. Holland’s brief essay touches on historical appropriation and the porosity of the human-animal bond. The essay begins by enclosing its writer within a typically anonymous space of academic prose, but then moves beyond academic conventions to perform transformations associated with Dave the Potter, whose troubling of the boundaries between life and death, human and animal Holland elucidates, examines, and contextualizes.

scholarly journals Love, fear, and the human-animal bond: On adversity and multispecies relationships

2021 ◽  
pp. 100071
Author(s):  
Jennifer W. Applebaum ◽  
Evan L. MacLean ◽  
Shelby E. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal

Canine Rescue as a Social Movement: The Politics of Love

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 670-687
Author(s):  
Anna L. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Animal Advocacy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Politics Of Love

Abstract Canine rescue is a growing movement that affects the lives of tens of thousands of nonhuman animals and people every year. Rescue is noteworthy not only for its numbers, but also because it challenges common understandings of animal advocacy. Popular accounts often portray work on behalf of animals as sentimental, individualistic, and apolitical. In fact, work on behalf of animals has always been political, in multiple ways. It is characterized both by internal political tensions, especially between animal rights and welfare positions, and by complex relations to the broader public sphere. I analyze canine rescue, with a focus on pit bull rescue, to show that an important segment of canine rescue movements adopts an explicitly political approach which blurs the divide between rights and welfare, addresses the social context of the human-animal bond, and links animal advocacy to social justice.

scholarly journals Animals in our Lives: An Interactive Well-Being Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 027614672098481
Author(s):  
Nancy V. Wünderlich ◽  
Jill Mosteller ◽  
Michael B. Beverland ◽  
Hilary Downey ◽  
Karen Kraus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Marketing Systems ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Human Animal Interaction ◽  
Animal Interaction ◽  
Mental Well Being

Humans have long interacted with animals. Recently, market-based responses to societal challenges, including loneliness and mental well-being include the use of animals. Considerable research concerning consumer–animal relationships has also examined the benefits (micro, meso, and macro) of human-animal interaction and companionship. However, much of this research is fragmented and lacks a broader organizing framework. It also suffers from an anthropomorphic bias, whereby the interests of animals are excluded. To address this, we provide a macromarketing perspective on consumer–animal relations and explore the interdependencies of consumer–animal relationships on consumer, animal, and community well-being. We introduce and apply the Interactive Well-Being framework to four contexts –ranging from private to public consumption spaces– that highlight the interdependencies and systems involved in consumer–animal relationships: (1) co-habitation with animals, (2) emotional support animals, (3) working with animals, and (4) animals in commercial service contexts. We discuss the implications of our framework for the resilience of marketing systems and how the framework aligns with alternative economy development.

Dimensions of the Human–Animal Bond and Evacuation Decisions among Pet Owners during Hurricane Ike

Anthrozoös ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Brackenridge ◽  
Lisa K. Zottarelli ◽  
Erin Rider ◽  
Bev Carlsen-Landy
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Ike ◽  
Pet Owners ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal
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