How Animals Affect Us: Examining the Influence of Human-Animal Interaction on Child Development and Human Health

245 Pages·2010·2.14 MB·English

by  Peggy McCardle

How Animals
Affect Us
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How Animals
Affect Us
Examining the Influence of Human–Animal Interaction
on Child Development and Human Health
edited by
Peggy McCardle, Sandra McCune,
James A. Griffin, and Valerie Maholmes
A M E R I C A N P S Y C H O L O G I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N
WA S H I N G TO N, D C
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How animals affect us : examining the influence of human-animal interaction on child
development and human health / edited by Peggy McCardle ... [et al.].—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4338-0865-4
ISBN-10: 1-4338-0865-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-4338-0866-1 (e-book)
ISBN-10: 1-4338-0866-8 (e-book)
1. Pets—Therapeutic use. 2. Human-animal relationships. 3. Child development.
I. McCardle, Peggy D.
RC489.P47H69 2011
616.89'1658—dc22
2010020978
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First Edition
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The pet, in a sense, becomes the mirror in which the child sees
him(her)self wanted and loved not for what he (or she) should be or
might be or might have been but for what he (or she) is.
—B. M. Levinson. Pet-Oriented Child Psychotherapy
(2nd ed.)
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CONTENTS
Contributors ............................................................................................... xi
Foreword ................................................................................................... xiii
Mark T. Greenberg
Acknowledgments ..................................................................................... xv
Human–Animal Interaction Research: An Introduction
to Issues and Topics...................................................................................... 3
James A. Griffin, Sandra McCune, Valerie Maholmes, and Karyl Hurley
I. Methodology......................................................................................... 11
Chapter 1. Principles for Human–Animal Interaction Research.... 13
Gail F. Melson
Chapter 2. Establishing the Effectiveness of Animal-Assisted
Therapies: Methodological Standards, Issues,
and Strategies................................................................. 35
Alan E. Kazdin
vii
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Chapter 3. Promises and Pitfalls of Hormone Research
in Human–Animal Interaction...................................... 53
Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, Linda Handlin,
and Maria Petersson
II. Human–Animal Interaction and Child Development..................... 83
Chapter 4. How Very Young Children Think
About Animals............................................................... 85
Judy S. DeLoache, Megan Bloom Pickard,
and Vanessa LoBue
Chapter 5. The Other Side of the Bond: Domestic Dogs’
Human-Like Behaviors................................................ 101
Clive D. L. Wynne, Nicole R. Dorey,
and Monique A. R. Udell
Chapter 6. Animal Abuse and Developmental Psychopathology
Frank R. Ascione and Mika Maruyama.......................... 117
III. Human–Animal Interaction and Human Health......................... 137
Chapter 7. Childhood Obesity and Human–Animal
Interaction.................................................................... 139
Jo Salmon and Anna Timperio
Chapter 8. Health Correlates of Pet Ownership
From National Surveys................................................. 153
Bruce Headey and Markus Grabka
Chapter 9. Physiological Correlates of Health Benefits
From Pets...................................................................... 163
Erika Friedmann, Sandra B. Barker,
and Karen M. Allen
Chapter 10. Animal-Assisted Intervention
in Health Care Contexts.............................................. 183
Rebecca A. Johnson
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Afterword: An Agenda for Future Research............................................ 193
Peggy McCardle, Sandra McCune, Layla Esposito, Valerie Maholmes,
and Lisa Freund
Appendix: A Resource for Studying Human–Animal Interaction......... 203
Tim Adams
Index ....................................................................................................... 215
About the Editors ................................................................................... 227
CONTENTS ix