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1 online resource (xxii, 421 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Contextual and cultural issues -- part 2. Psychological issues of attachment and well-being -- part 3. Bereavement, loss, and disenfranchised grief -- part 4. Animal rights, abuse, and neglect -- part 5. Tests, measurements, and current research issues. |
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PART I: Contextual and Cultural Issues -- Introduction: Using Context to Inform Clinical Practice and Research -- British Animal Behaviour Studies in the Twentieth Century: Some Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- The History of Animal Ethics in Western Culture -- The Human-Animal Experience in Deep Historical Perspective -- Predator-Prey Relationships: What Humans Can Learn from Horses About Being Whole -- Lapdogs and Moral Shepherd's Dogs: Canine and Paid Female Companions in Nineteenth Century English Literature -- PART II: Psychological Issues of Attachment and Well-being -- Understanding the AAT Rx: Applications of AAI in Clinical Practice -- Self Psychology and the Human-Animal Bond: An Overview -- A Developmental Psychological Perspective on the Human-Animal Bond -- Pet Ownership and Health -- PART III: Bereavement, Loss, and Disenfranchised Grief -- Family-Present Euthanasia: Protocols for Planning and Preparing Clients for the Death of a Pet -- Life After Loss: Psychodynamic Perspectives on a Continuing Bonds Approach with "Pet Companion" -- Death of a Companion Animal: Understanding Human Responses to Bereavement -- PART IV: Animal Rights, Abuse, and Neglect -- A Triad of Family Violence: Examining Overlap in the Abuse of Children, Partners, and Pets -- Urbanization and Animal Cruelty: What Role Does Utilitarianism Play? -- Broken Bonds: Understanding the Experience of Pet Relinquishment -- Children and Adolescents who are Kind to Animals -- Rational Emotions: Animal Rights Theory, Feminist Critiques and Activist Insight -- Abusing the Human-Animal Bond: On the Making of Fighting Dogs -- PART V: Tests, Measurements, and Current Research Issues -- The Pet Attitude Scale -- Qualitative Directions in Human-Animal Companion Research -- Pet Loss and Grief: An Integrative Perspective. |
| Summary |
There have been dramatic increases in the financial, emotional, and psychological investment in pets over the past four decades. The increasing importance of animal companions in people's lives has resulted in growing emphasis on the human-animal bond within academic literature. This book introduces practicing and emerging professionals to vital subject matter concerning this growing specialty area by providing an essential framework and information through which to consider the unique contextual backdrop of the human-animal bond. Such contexts include a wide array of themes including: issues. |
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Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects.
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Human-Animal Bond.
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Psychology.
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Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00963487
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| Added Author |
Blazina, Chris.
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Boyraz, Güler.
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Shen-Miller, David S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Psychology of the human-animal bond. New York : Springer, 2011 (DLC) 2011928904 |
| ISBN |
9781441997616 (electronic bk.) |
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144199761X (electronic bk.) |
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