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Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs
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Gnanadesikan, Gitanjali ECarranza, Elizabeth
King, Katherine M
Flyer, Abigail C
Ossello, Gianna
Smith, Paige G
Steklis, Netzin G
Steklis, H Dieter
Connelly, Jessica J
Barnett, Melissa
Gee, Nancy
Tecot, Stacey
MacLean, Evan L
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School of Anthropology, University of ArizonaCognitive Science Program, University of Arizona
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Arizona
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2024-03-13
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Gnanadesikan, G. E., Carranza, E., King, K. M., Flyer, A. C., Ossello, G., Smith, P. G., ... & MacLean, E. L. (2024). Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs. Hormones and Behavior, 161, 105523.Journal
Hormones and behaviorRights
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Although research has shown that pets appear to provide certain types of social support to children, little is known about the physiological bases of these effects, especially in naturalistic contexts. In this study, we investigated the effect of free-form interactions between children (ages 8–10 years) and dogs on salivary cortisol concentrations in both species. We further investigated the role of the child-dog relationship by comparing interactions with the child's pet dog to interactions with an unfamiliar dog or a nonsocial control condition, and modeled associations between survey measures of the human-animal bond and children's physiological responses. In both children and dogs, salivary cortisol decreased from pre- to post-interaction; the effect was strongest for children interacting with an unfamiliar dog (compared to their pet dog) and for the pet dogs (compared to the unfamiliar dog). We found minimal evidence for associations between cortisol output and behaviors coded from video, but children scoring higher on survey measures of the human-animal bond exhibited the greatest reductions in cortisol when interacting with dogs. Self-reported loneliness was not related to cortisol or the human-animal bond, but measures of both loneliness and the human-animal bond were higher among children who participated after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, relative to those who participated before the pandemic. This study builds on previous work that investigated potential stress-buffering effects of human-animal interaction during explicit stressors and demonstrates important physiological correlates of naturalistic interactions between children and dogs, similar to those that occur in daily life.Note
12 month embargo; first published 13 March 2024EISSN
1095-6867PubMed ID
38484567Version
Final accepted manuscriptae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105523
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