Impact of pet ownership in early childhood at ages 1 and 4–5 years on mental health at ages 7–8: findings from the INMA project
Owning a cat only at 4-5 years of age was linked to more internalizing and externalizing problems, whereas always having other animals was a protective factor against internalizing problems.
Authors
- Adonina Tardón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5150-1209)
- Cristina Rodríguez-Dehli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0140-7717)
- Marisa Rebagliato
- Llúcia González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8246-0793)
- Loreto Santa‐Marina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1405-9751)
- Blanca Sarzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7305-6564)
- Mònica Guxens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8624-0333)
- Ainara Andiarena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8535-7118)
- Marisa Estarlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9818-2663)
- Jordi Júlvez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0818-4003)
Institutions
- Universitat Jaume I (ES)
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- University of the Basque Country (ES)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
- Basque Government (ES)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (ES)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Hospital Universitario San Agustín (ES)
- Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (ES)
- Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya Sud (ES)
- Onkologikoa (ES)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ES)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- Menéndez Pelayo International University (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-025-00942-2
- Primary Topic
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00