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Dog ownership was associated with fewer negative psychological impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a US survey

12.15.21 | PLOS
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Dog ownership was associated with fewer negative psychological impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a U.S. survey

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0260676

Article Title: Depression, anxiety, and happiness in dog owners and potential dog owners during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

Author Countries: U.S.A.

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0260676

Depression, anxiety, and happiness in dog owners and potential dog owners during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

15-Dec-2021

The authors declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Anxiety Covid 19 Depression Dogs Happiness Health and Medicine Human Health Mental Health Psychiatric Disorders Psychological Science Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0260676
Article Publication Date
2021-12-15
Article Title
Depression, anxiety, and happiness in dog owners and potential dog owners during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
COI Statement
The authors declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

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