Physiological Effects of Petting a Companion Animal
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 58 (1) , 21-22
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1986.58.1.21
Abstract
This research compared the blood pressures and heart rates of 20 pet owners in their own homes while petting their dogs and while reading aloud. All pet owners showed a positive regard for their animals as demonstrated by high scores on a Pet Attitude Scale. The owners exhibited significantly lower blood pressures while petting than while reading.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Construction of a Pet Attitude ScaleThe Psychological Record, 1981
- Human Speech and Blood PressureJournal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 1980