Tufts Study Links Pet Relationships to Teen Coping Styles

Tufts study links pet relationships to teen coping styles

About one in 10 teenagers experience social anxiety-persistent and disruptive worries about being judged by their classmates and other peers.

New research reveals how dogs can help teens cope with stress

A new study suggests that four-legged friends can enable adolescents to deal with social anxiety.

Dogs assess more than a person’s posture, voice, or facial expression when they meet them; researchers who study canine olfaction have found that dogs can detect the chemical signature of psychological stress in human breath and sweat, meaning they may know your body is under pressure before you say a word

Hugo worked it out before I did. My beagle is thirteen kilos of noise and bad decisions, and on a Tuesday afternoon he was doing what he always does at that hour, which is aggressively nothing. Then an email landed. I read two lines, felt my chest tighten, and kept reading without saying a word or moving from the chair. By the time I reached the bottom of the message Hugo had left his spot by the door, crossed the room and parked his chin on my …