Pet attachment and prosocial attitude toward humans: the mediating role of empathy to animals
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2024 at "Frontiers in Psychology"
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1391606
Abstract: Attachment relationships are widely recognized as influential in increasing prosocial tendencies, with existing literature indicating that human attachment can increase empathetic processes, thereby potentially facilitating prosocial behavior. Given that pets frequently fulfill the criteria for… read more here.
Keywords: toward humans; pet attachment; animal empathy; attachment prosocial ... See more keywords