{"id":196243,"date":"2023-11-24T23:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196243"},"modified":"2023-11-24T23:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T23:52:51","slug":"why-pets-may-not-have-the-power-to-make-humans-happier-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/why-pets-may-not-have-the-power-to-make-humans-happier-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Why pets may NOT have the power to make humans happier after all"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Why pets may NOT have the power to make humans happier after all, new study reveals<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New research indicated that pets are not associated with a person&#8217;s well-being\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>767 people were questioned on their personality traits and pet characteristics\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The analysis included an open-ended\u00a0question for all survey takers\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many household pets are much-loved\u00a0members of the family\u00a0&#8211; but a new study suggests they might not actually hold the key to their owners&#8217; happiness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Research conducted during the COVID-19\u00a0pandemic indicated that pets may have been helpful during quarantine and social isolation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But now\u00a0an updated study\u00a0considering the benefits and costs of owning an animal published in Sage\u00a0Journals on November 3 suggests that pet ownership is not connected to a person&#8217;s well-being.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A total of 767 participants were surveyed by William J. Chopik, Jeewon Oh, and Richard B. Slatcher about pet characteristics including the number of animals owned and their human-pet relationship, along with their own personality traits.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis also included an open-ended question: &#8216;If you want to say a few words about how having pet(s) has been helpful (or not) to you during the time of the pandemic, please feel free to do so here.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78062381-12775411-An_updated_study_published_on_November_3_indicated_that_pets_don-a-1_1700586059220.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An updated study published on November 3 indicated that pets don&#8217;t always make people happy\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78065289-12775411-767_people_participated_in_a_study_conducted_by_William_J_Chopik-a-2_1700586059292.jpg\" height=\"955\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>767 people participated in a study conducted by William J. Chopik, Jeewon Oh, and Richard B. Slatcher asked questions about the person&#8217;s personality traits and pet characteristics<\/p>\n<p>The results showed that pet ownership did not predict a person&#8217;s well-being, and the number of pets, types of pets, relationship with pets, and owner\u2019s personality did not matter.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that did stick out in the results was that dog ownership predicted greater life satisfaction, purpose in live, positive affect, and lower depression.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These findings led to another conclusion &#8211; people with a higher well-being result or extroverted characteristics are happier and more likely to own dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the benefits of owning a pet, 33 percent of survey takers said that positive emotions was the biggest and companionship was a close second at 19 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Other benefits of pet ownership according to participants include affection, exercise, entertainment, sense of purpose, and cuddling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78028505-12775411-Participants_listed_several_benefits_of_owning_a_dog_benefits_su-a-3_1700586059296.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Participants listed several benefits of owning a dog &#8211; benefits such as positive emotions, companionships, affection, sense of purpose, and cuddling<\/p>\n<p>The cost of owning a pet was brought up, but it should be noted that it was rarely mentioned in the study.<\/p>\n<p>The study indicated that four percent of participants who weren&#8217;t afraid to discuss the issue believe that guilt is the biggest cost in owning a pet.<\/p>\n<p>Death\/loss\/separation came in at four percent, while interference with work, cleaning up after pets, and worsened health each tied at two percent.<\/p>\n<p>An example of this from the analysis was of participants who felt guilty about not being able to spend more time with their pets.<\/p>\n<p>Other people were also stressed about cleaning and worry about their pet&#8217;s health and financial cost.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78067401-12775411-Cons_of_owning_a_pet_according_to_participants_include_guilt_wor-a-4_1700586059299.jpg\" height=\"208\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/17\/78067389-12775411-The_researchers_concluded_that_owning_pets_do_not_make_a_person_-a-5_1700586059303.jpg\" height=\"208\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Cons of owning a pet according to participants include guilt, work interference, and worsened health.\u00a0The researchers concluded that owning pets do not make a person happy<\/p>\n<p><span>Chopik,\u00a0<\/span>Oh, and Slatcher concluded that owning pets do not make humans happier, but that people only think they do.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers explained that there were too many factors involved in a person&#8217;s well-being aside from owning a pet and the variety of pros and cons of ownership is high.<\/p>\n<p>One of the examples given has to do with owners attached to their pets potentially not having good relationships with other people.<\/p>\n<p>A person&#8217;s degree of extraversion and loneliness levels could also convince them that adopting a pet is a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>Adoption could lead to a pet bringing them happiness, but only for a short period of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12775411\/Pets-not-make-humans-happier-new-study.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why pets may NOT have the power to make humans happier after all, new study&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":196242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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