Personality Characteristics Associated with Pet Ownership: Validating the Theoretical Propositions of Boris Levinson
Description:
The purpose of the present study was to provide validation for Levinson's theory about pets and human personality development. Levinson (1978) proposed that the personality development of individuals who have pets to which they are attached differs from that of those who do not have pets and that pets play an important role in facilitating the development of certain adaptive personality traits. In the present study, specific areas that were addressed included differences in certain personality …
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Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Esparza, Jana Scoville
Partner:
UNT Libraries