People with highly reactive emotions are drawn to cats for stress relief programs

| Oct 26, 2022, 07:54:19 PM | ANI
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New study revealed that many people, especially those with strong and highly reactive emotions, seek and would benefit from contact with cats. Cats are frequently excluded from university-based animal-assisted programs aimed at lowering stress. Universities implementing animal-assisted interventions like "Pet Your Stress Away" events has proven benefits, but more than 85 per cent of them only include dogs, according to researchers. A new paper published in the journal Anthrozoos found a high level of interest in adding cats to the mix. The study found that several factors shaped a positive response to a cat visitation program and revealed that the personality trait of emotionality played an important role. Emotionality, part of a well-established psychology model called the Big Five personality traits, indicates a person has strong emotions and is highly reactive to them.

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