The mutation of the friendly pets was real. Happiness batch was not

Humans and their pets, a match made in heaven? Do you build a new dog that makes you happier and less alone? It is now common to link pet ownership with health and happiness to humans and animals. However, science has faced difficulty in identifying the “impact of pets” – a hypothetical batch in the quality of life for those who surround themselves with cats, dogs or other accompanying animals. Just a few years ago, the circumstances provided us with a severe test of the importance of human and animal ties-a global position, Covid-19, which restricted people to their homes, cut them out of contact with face in both work and personal life.

Researchers at ElTe Eötvös Loránd studied how to acquire pets and loss during the epidemic and short and long -term effects to gain a pet for the participants. The study was published in Scientific reports. “Through cooperation with the Psychology Team led by Zsolt Demetrovics and Róbert Urbán, we were able to access a unique data collection,” explains Eniko Kubinyi, head of the accompanying animal research group MTA-Elte. “During the Covid-19 2020s, approximately three thousand people participated throughout Hungary three times in collecting data, and several months separately. We noticed that 65 people got a pet and 75 lost one during the study, and decided to investigate how their well-being changed over time.”

The researchers found only a few support for the romantic view that we keep for pet owners and their emotional well -being. A short -lived batch appeared in joy after getting a long -term dog, the calm of dog owners, life satisfaction, joy, and activity have decreased. More importantly, the researchers found that the loss of a pet was not a sign of the welfare of its former owners.

“We rarely access access to data that document automatic pets from people who are not biased about their position on pet ownership. Pet lovers are usually recognized and studied when the match for medium animals is not determined, but they are not recognized by the person who does not enjoy the wandering. Pet, no, no, no, no, no It is greatly affected by the loss of pets, and their well -being is a strong indication of the decision to get one.

“What surprised me more than others,” says Judit Mokos, the data scientist and one of the authors in the newspaper, “A new pet in the family had no effect on feeling lonely. New people are more anxious.”

Copenie concludes to, “based on data, most people who live with an accompanying animal do not test any long-term“ pet influence ”, and they are not strongly linked to their animal. It is possible that the dynamics of the epidemic have led to the choice of flowing against their interest in the long term, or that some certain groups-such as lovers of animal only by wings.

It seems that during the Covid-19s, the emotional bonds that people make with animals are often less than expectations.