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An early study on pet preferences (Kidd & Kidd, 1980) compared male and female dog and cat lovers on several different personality traits. They found that male dog-lovers were

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higher on dominance and aggression compared to the other groups

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(Kidd & Kidd, 1980) also found that female cat-lovers were

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female cat-lovers were lower dominance and aggression

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female dog-lovers were

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lower on aggression

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Among cat-lovers, they found that the females were lower on

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nurturance and the males were higher on autonomy

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Other early research found that males high on extraversion were

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more likely to prefer dogs rather than cats

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People who identify as “dog-people” have also been

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found to be higher on masculinity and independence compared to those who identify as “cat-people”

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Research that has asked people what their ideal pet was found that those who said it was a dog were lower on

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hostility

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Gosling, Sandy, and Potter (2010) found that dog-people were higher than cat-people on

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extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness

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cat-people were higher than dog-people on

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neuroticism and openness to experience

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Gosling, Sandy, and Potter (2010) found that even after accounting for gender, these personality differences between cat-people and dog-people _____

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remained

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Alba & Haslam, 2015) argued that the reasons for these differences in pet preferences might have to do with the way that a pet

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complements the personality of its owner

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Alba and Haslam argued that since dogs tend to be obedient and submissive towards their owners (or can at least be trained in this way), they will be preferred more by people higher on

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dominance-related traits

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Alba and Haslam did find that dog-people were higher than cat-people on

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competitiveness and social dominance orientation

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Social dominance orientation is the preference for

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hierarchy and involves the belief that higher-ranked groups are entitled to dominate those who are subordinate

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one study found that interacting with trained therapy dogs was beneficial for

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first-year university students experiencing homesickness

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Research has also found that animal-assisted therapy is beneficial to people with

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intellectual disabilities

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An increasingly popular method of animal-assisted therapy is

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equine therapy

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equine therapy involves

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interacting with horses to help treat a range of psychological conditions

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equine therapy involves

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interacting with horses to help treat a range of psychological conditions

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A recent meta-analysis found that equine therapy appears to have beneficial psychological effects for

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at-risk youth

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While much research on pet therapy has been conducted, these studies often use small

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sample sizes and often lack a control group.

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a meta-analysis of animal-assisted interventions that have used randomised controlled trials suggested that these interventions are helpful for people with

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various psychological disorders, and for children with autism