Men and Their Dogs A New Understanding of Man's Best Friend /
The healing power of the bond between men and dogs is explored in this unique book. Three important themes emerge: attachment, loss, and continued bonds with canine companions for males across the life span and from various contextual backgrounds. The contributors replace common assumptions with nee...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Contextual Issues
- A brief history of man's best friend in animal studies
- Understanding the contextual nature of man's best friend
- The link between violence to humans and animals
- Race and ethnicity as a contextual factor influencing perception of the human-animal bond
- Attachment and Well-Being
- Heuristic nature of Bowlby's attachment theory as a means to conceptualize the human-animal bond
- Pets Forever: an innovative service learning course helping community pet owners
- Play and the human-animal bond as a mediator of stress among men with gender role conflict
- Canine companions as self-objects: the role of animal companions in men's lives
- Overview of research on the left gaze bias found in dogs: how humans and animals recognize and respond to the emotional state of another
- Attachment between humans and dogs in Japanese culture
- Attachment to animal companions among a veteran population
- Attachment to animal companions and normative male alexithymia
- Grief, Loss, and the Continued Bond
- Men's grieving styles: the importance of disenfranchised grief and dissonant grief
- Overview of the continuing bond with animal companions: implications for men and their dogs
- Do men really grieve less for animal companions? The influence of gender role conflict and dissonant grief in understanding men's attachment and loss of an animal companion.
