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The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 2022, 4(1); doi: 10.25236/FSST.2022.040105.

Exploring pets' own 'personality traits' and their specific social support functions

Author(s)

Tong Si1, Lili Sun2, Yong Zhu3

Corresponding Author:
Yong Zhu
Affiliation(s)

1School of Media Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China

2School of foreign languages, Weifang University, Weifang 261061-1, China

3Faculty of Teacher Education, Weifang University, Weifang 261061-1, China

Abstract

With the improvement of the overall living standard of society, the progress of social production methods and the increase of life and work pressure, the tendency of pets to become intimate companions in human life has become more and more obvious, and they have received more emotional attention from humans. This paper focuses on the "personality traits" of pets as studied by scholars at home and abroad, and explores the social support function of pets for humans, and finds out the in-depth reasons why pets provide psychological support for humans, in order to achieve a harmonious relationship between pets and humans.

Keywords

personality traits; social support function; pets

Cite This Paper

Tong Si, Lili Sun, Yong Zhu. Exploring pets' own 'personality traits' and their specific social support functions. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 1: 24-28. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2022.040105.

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