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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Blazina, Christopher (Editor ), Kogan, Lori R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.