Based on this literature, the primary goal of the current study was to clarify the ‘distance-by-discomfort’ function of personal space processing, in ways that are complementary to prior experiments, in several respects. First, prior studies have typically investigated personal space across subjects...
Furthermore, when we examined the interaction of attachment and human social support in the prediction of psychological health, simple effects revealed that among pet owners with low levels of human social support, high attachment to pets predicted significantly higher scores on loneliness and ...
Based on this literature, the primary goal of the current study was to clarify the ‘distance-by-discomfort’ function of personal space processing, in ways that are complementary to prior experiments, in several respects. First, prior studies have typically investigated personal space across subjects...
The term “psychological well-being” is used in reference to husbandry with animals in human care settings such as research, agriculture, and zoos. This article seeks to clarify and conceptualize the term based upon two approaches that draw from several bodies of literature: the experimental analy...
The reduction in space available to wild animals in zoos and aquariums is widely perceived to be detrimental to their welfare by scientists and the general public alike. Evidence suggests that naturally wide-ranging carnivores are more likely to suffer in captivity than those that travel less widely...