The role of pets in managing uncertainty from COVID-19.

Psychol Trauma

Center for the Human Animal Bond, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University.

Published: August 2020

In an effort to manage the uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have turned to their social support networks. With limited access to in-person human social networks, many people are turning to pets for social support. Pets may be a complementary social support to supplement virtual human-to-human interaction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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