Pet and well being

1. Pet & Well-Being
Presented by : Febin George Jacob
Designation- UG Psychology Student
(Kristu Jyoti College)
Orcid id- 0000-0002-1757-0443
Google Scholar- Febin George Jacob

2. Introduction
• Young or prime adulthood can be considered the healthiest time of life and young
adults are generally in good health, subject neither to disease nor the problems of
senescence.
• Strength and physical performance reach their peak from 18–39 years of age.
• In particular, adolescents are faced with the task of individuating from their parents
while maintaining family connectedness to facilitate the development of the identities
they will take into adulthood.
• Pets can be a positive influence to young adults in the midst of series of changes in
their life.
• The objectives of the present study are to understand how psychological well-being
and loneliness differ between young adults with and without pets and to understand
the relationship between psychological well-being and loneliness.

3. Methodology
• The sample (N = 150) consist of 68 young adults with pets and 82 young adults
without pets from Kerala.
• Sampling technique : Convenience sampling Administered using Google Forms
• Data was analysed using SPSS-28.0.1.1
• Tools used :
Assessment of psychological well-being and loneliness was done using Ryff’s
psychological
well-being scales (PWB) 42 item version by Carol D. Ryff and Loneliness scale by
Russell et al.

4. T-test values
Psychological Well-being 0.140
Loneliness 0.192

5. RESULT &
DISCUSSION
• The result shows that there is no significant
difference in terms of psychological well-being and
loneliness in young adults with and without pets
• The findings reveal that owning a pet does not
directly influence the psychological wellbeing of a
person, the degree of psychological well-being
varies due to several demographic factors.
• But the chances of improved psychological well-
being by owning a pet cannot be denied.
• The sample group without pets does show a higher
level of loneliness so that may suggest that owning a
pet does reduce the level of loneliness.
• More efforts should be brought into the matter of
improvement in psychological well-being and issues
of loneliness in young adults..

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7. Thank you