The attachment between college students and their pets at home

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

4 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

07/28/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction
Differences in the results and the reasons
Divsion of the behavior
Animal responses
The correlation study the behaviors
Conclusion
References

Abstract

Many first year college students under go the shock that it is to leave a pet at home. pets are considered attachment figures. The purpose of this study is to find the relationship between college students away from home and their pets and how the relationship strain affects the college students' performance in the class room. I am curious about this topic because it is an issue I address first hand. I have two dogs at home and for the first few weeks of school it was hard to be away from them. I wanted to see if other students had a hard time coping with being away at school while their pets remain at home. I got this idea by looking at peer-reviewed, empirical studies done by Elise R. Shore, Deanna K. Douglas, and Michelle L. Riley in their studies entitled: "What's in it for the Companion Animal? Pet attachment and college students' Behaviors toward pets" and "Pet Owner Behaviors and attachment to Yard Versus House Dogs". Shore, E. (2005).

The procedures for the articles were very similar because they were given by the same group studying them. The results came out different because the women doing the study applied it to different aspects of humans and their relationships to pets. The participants in the study were college students from the Wichita State University. They were typically older, married, and employed either full or part-time. The participants were instructed to think their pet, if they had more than one they were asked to only choose one to think about for the duration of the study.