Does human-dog attachment increase the resilience and resistance to COVID-19? A biopsychosocial approach and future research

• Main Authors: Boere, Vanner, Oliveira Silva, Ita
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Católica del Uruguay 2023
• Subjects: apego; canis lupus familiaris; inmunidad cruzada; oxitocina; pandemia; attachment; cross immunity; oxytocin; pandemic; Fuerte; Perro; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10895/3164; https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/2440; https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v15i2.2440

This article is a biopsychosocial proposal about improvement of resilience to diseases, including the COVID-19, due to affective attachment between humans and dogs. Resilience concerns the physical and emotional human capacity to respond positively to the adverse events such as diseases. Recently, s...