Benefits of Interacting with Companion Animals: A Bibliography of Articles Published in Refereed Journals during the Past 5 Years

• Published in: The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) 2003-09, Vol.47 (1), p.94-99
• Main Authors: Barker, Sandra B., Rogers, Christopher S., Turner, John W., Karpf, Ariane S., Suthers-McCabe, H. Marie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Alzheimer's disease; Animal assisted therapy; Animal Human Relations; Animal training; Animals; Attachment; Behavior; Bibliographic literature; Boards of directors; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Colleges & universities; Counseling; Critical care; Dementia; Dogs; Education; Families & family life; Friendship; Health promotion; Health Research; Medicine; Mental health; Nursing; Older people; Pets; Physiology; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological Research; Psychology; Rehabilitation; Social participation; Sociotherapy; Substance abuse; Veterinary colleges; Veterinary medicine
• ISSN: 0002-7642; 1552-3381
• DOI: 10.1177/0002764203255215

Keywords: bonding; human-animal; pets; health The current bibliography of 84 citations resulted from a literature search of Medline, CINAHL, and PsychLit databases of journal articles published between 1996 and 2001 (as of November 1, 2001), focusing on the benefits of interacting with companion animals, including animal- and/or pet-assisted therapy. SANDRA B. BARKER Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University CHRISTOPHER S. ROGERS Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech JOHN W. TURNER ARIANE S. KARPF Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University H. MARIE SUTHERS-MCCABE Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech Authors' Note: Christopher S. Rogers is now at Emergency Veterinary Clinic, Catonsville, Maryland, and John W. Turner is now at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. ARIANE S. KARPF received her MS in rehabilitation counseling, emphasis in substance abuse and mental health, from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University and was recently admitted to a doctoral program in its school of education. H. MARIE SUTHERS-MCCABE, associate professor, is director of an innovative new academic center for the study of human-animal interface in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.