The Impact of Therapy and Pet Animals on Human Stress

Stress can have a deleterious effect on people's health, but a growing body of evidence suggests animals can have a positive effect on people's stress levels. This book showcases a rich collection of papers from Human-Animal Interactions, highlighting research pertaining to pets, and to animal assisted therapy in school and professional settings.
Stress can have a deleterious effect on people's mental, physical, and psychological health. There is a growing body of evidence, however, that suggests animals, both as pets and therapy partners, can help mitigate people's stress levels. This book showcases a rich collection of research papers from Human-Animal Interactions. It highlights research pertaining to pets as well as animal-assisted therapy in both school and professional settings. The book also includes a scene-setting introduction and wrap-up conclusion from the editor. Providing comprehensive information on the impact of animals on human stress, this book is a useful resource for anyone interested in human health or human-animal relationships.

Contributor: Alyssa N. Stein (Contributions by), Melody A. Schmaltz (Contributions by), Hailey A. Fitzpatrick (Contributions by), David Ordóñez-Pérez (Contributions by), Jesús Ruiz- Maatallah (Contributions by), Miriam Martínez-Cobos (Contributions by), Elise R. Thayer (Contributions by), Jeffrey R. Stevens (Contributions by), Jonathan B. Banks (Contributions by), Caitlin McCoy (Contributions by), Courtney Trzcinski (Contributions by), Nicole L. Beasley (Contributions by), Greg C. Elvers (Contributions by), Roger N. Reeb (Contributions by), Hannah L. Torok (Contributions by), Patricia Pendry (Contributions by), Alexa M. Carr (Contributions by), Stephanie M. Roeter (Contributions by), Jaymie L. Vandagriff (Contributions by), Aliya Khalid (Contributions by), Saadia Dildar (Contributions by), Benjamin A. Curry (Contributions by), Brianne Donaldson (Contributions by), Moana Vercoe (Contributions by), Matthew Filippo (Contributions by), Paul J. Zak (Contributions by), Karen Manville (Contributions by), Mark Coulson (Contributions by), Michele A. Mulqueen (Contributions by), Kirsty Neller (Contributions by), Freya L.L. Green (Contributions by), Rebecca J.P. Godard (Contributions by), Madisyn M. Szypula (Contributions by), Camille X. Rousseau (Contributions by), Jordy Decker (Contributions by), Beth A. Lanning (Contributions by), Amelia L. Wilson (Contributions by), Robert Woelk (Contributions by), A. Alexander Beaujean (Contributions by), Lauren Highfill (Contributions by), Miranda Goodman-Wilson (Contributions by), Mónica Teresa González-Ramírez (Contributions by), René Landero-Hernández (Contributions by), Minerva Vanegas-Farfano (Contributions by), Lori Kogan (Edited by), Abigail Alfrey (Contributions by), Ariann E. Robino (Contributions by), David M. Feldman (Contributions by), Jaime L. Tartar (Contributions by), Frankie Pizzo (Contributions by), Marah Friedman (Contributions by), Olivia Feldman (Contributions by), Rafael Martos-Montes (Contributions by), Caroline Searing (Contributions by), Sarah Welland (Contributions by), Gemma Reynolds (Contributions by), John-Tyler Binfet (Contributions by)

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