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Quality of life and adolescents’ communication with their significant others (mother, father, and best friend) : the mediating effect of attachment to pets

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Date
2017
Author
Marsa-Sambola, Ferran
Williams, Joanne
Muldoon, Janine
Lawrence, Alistair
Connor, Melanie
Currie, Candace
Funder
Dept for Environment Food and Rural Aff
Grant ID
AW1407
Keywords
Attachment to pets
Quality of life
Communication
Parents
Best friend
Adolescence
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
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Abstract
The relationship between adolescents? communication with their significant others (mother, father, and best friend) and quality of life (KIDSCREEN) was investigated in 2262 Scottish adolescent pet owners. The variable attachment to pets was also tested and assessed as a mediator of this relationship. A positive relationship between adolescents? communication with their significant other (mother, father, and best friend) and quality of life decreased when controlling for attachment to dogs. In cat owners, a positive relationship between communication with a best friend and quality of life decreased when controlling for attachment to cats. In cat and dog owners, attachment to these pets predicted higher levels of quality of life. Higher attachment to dogs and cats was explained by good best friend (IV) and attachment to pets (DV) and best friends. Mediation effects of attachment to dogs and cats might be explained in terms of the caring activities associated with these types of pets.
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Marsa-Sambola , F , Williams , J , Muldoon , J , Lawrence , A , Connor , M & Currie , C 2017 , ' Quality of life and adolescents’ communication with their significant others (mother, father, and best friend) : the mediating effect of attachment to pets ' , Attachment & Human Development , vol. 19 , no. 3 , pp. 278-297 . https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2017.1293702
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Attachment & Human Development
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2017.1293702
ISSN
1461-6734
Type
Journal article
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© 2017, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at www.tandfonline.com / https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2017.1293702
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The authors would like to thank DEFRA for funding this project (SMDO-ZGLD15).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12764

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