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| Title |
Human-animal relationships: from daily life to animal-assisted therapies.
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.4415/ann_11_04_12 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marine Grandgeorge, Martine Hausberger |
| Abstract |
Humans have a long history of relationship with domestic animals and nowadays pets often act as "social substitutes" through bonding. There is some evidence that pet presence at home may induce well being in people and the development of social skills in children. Animal assisted therapies aim at developing these skills in patients on the basis of human animal interactions. Experimental data obtained on animal models suggest that this is indeed a promising line. There is however a lack of clear scientific data that would help defines what the most appropriate procedures or species may be. Improvements are observed, but again sound scientific data are mostly missing. Attention must be given to the welfare of the animals being used. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 210 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 206 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 13% |
| Professor | 14 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 17% |
| Unknown | 48 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 42 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 12% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 22 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 12% |
| Unknown | 52 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 December 2021.
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#8,572,103
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#62
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#7
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So far Altmetric has tracked 279 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.3. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its peers.
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