{"id":7885,"date":"2020-03-19T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=7885"},"modified":"2020-03-19T10:14:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:14:14","slug":"can-your-pet-help-you-cope-during-social-distancing-science-says-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/can-your-pet-help-you-cope-during-social-distancing-science-says-yes.php","title":{"rendered":"Can your pet help you cope during social distancing? Science says yes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2235-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2235-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2235-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2235-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2235-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2235-176x235.jpg 176w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2235-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2235-scaled.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: The coronavirus pandemic is forcing people all over the world to practice social distancing and stay home \u2013 but some of their housemates might be making the transition easier: their pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers at the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/vet\/chab\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Center for the Human-Animal Bond<\/a>&nbsp;in Purdue\u2019s College of Veterinary Medicine say pets can&nbsp;provide a source of social support during stressful times and that interacting with companion animals can provide stress relief that can be measured biologically. For example, a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2019\/Q1\/service-dogs-benefit-the%20well-being-of-their-handlers,-research-shows.html\" target=\"_blank\">recent study<\/a>&nbsp;showed how service dogs can have measurable positive effects on the health and well-being of individuals with physical disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2020\/Q1\/can-your-pet-help-you-cope-during-social-distancing-science-says-yes..html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Can your pet help you cope during social distancing? Science says yes. (opens in a new tab)\">Can your pet help you cope during social distancing? Science says yes.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: The coronavirus pandemic is forcing people all over the world to practice social distancing and stay home \u2013 but some of their housemates might be making the transition easier: their pets. Researchers at the&nbsp;Center for the Human-Animal Bond&nbsp;in Purdue\u2019s College of Veterinary Medicine say pets can&nbsp;provide a source of social support during stressful times [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[817,17,11],"tags":[26,56],"class_list":["post-7885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-animal-bond","category-in-the-news","category-research","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7885"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7888,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885\/revisions\/7888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}