Personality factors, depression, anxiety, and stress in pet owners

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.4.35289

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pets, personality, depression, anxiety, stress

Abstract

The study compares personality factors, symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress between owners and non-pet owners. A total of 145 adults participated, between 18 and 78 years (M = 30.96, SD = 12.10). Participants were divided according to the type of pet they had: 1) dogs, 2) cats, 3) dogs and cats. The results suggest that people who do not have pets showed more anxiety symptoms than those who have pets. Dogs and cats owners showed higher scores of conscientiousness personality factor than participants who did not have any pets. The results reveal differences between animals owners and non-owners. There is a need for studies using mediating variables analyzes, as well as longitudinal research that can explore the feasible causal relationship between different characteristics of people who own pets and well-being.

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Author Biographies

Valéria Gonzatti, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutora e mestre pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; psicóloga clínica em Canoas, RS, Brasil.

Camila Rosa de Oliveira, Instituto Meridional IMED Passo Fundo.

Doutora em Gerontologia Biomédica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; psicóloga e professora no Instituto Meridional (IMED), em Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil.

Letícia Oliveira Alminhana, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Pós-Doutorado pela Universidade de Oxford, Reino Unido; Doutorado em Saúde pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), em Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil; Mestre em Teologia pela Escola Superior de Teologia (EST), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Daiane Oliveira Hausen, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Mestranda em Gerontologia Biomédica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; psicóloga clínica em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Daiana Meregalli Schütz, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutoranda e mestre em Psicologia Clínica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Dalton Breno Costa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Graduado pela Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Luciano Trevizan, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutor e Mestre em Zootecnia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil; médico veterinário em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Irani Iracema de Lima Argimon, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutora em psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Tatiana Quarti Irigaray, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Doutora em gerontologia biomédica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

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2021-12-31

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Gonzatti, V., Oliveira, C. R. de, Alminhana, L. O., Hausen, D. O., Schütz, D. M., Costa, D. B., … Irigaray, T. Q. (2021). Personality factors, depression, anxiety, and stress in pet owners. Psico, 52(4), e35289. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.4.35289

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