If you are a parent of a child/children between 5-18 years, we would appreciate your involvement in a study that is exploring family functioning within families who do AND do not have pets. Please click link to access the short survey: edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4T… Many thanks

Still recruiting please help us 😊

Dear parents, we are still recruiting please help us by participating and give us a final push :) University of Edinburgh Psychology Society Jo Williams CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research School of Health in Social Science Research Bow Mental Health at the University of Edinburgh @VCUCFAR retweets are highly appreciated😊

Dear parents, recruitment for our study is still going on, we are looking for parents with children (aged 5-18yrs). Please help by clicking the link below edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4T… CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research Jo Williams School of Health in Social Science @VCUCFAR

Thanks to everyone who has completed our survey already! We really appreciate your support❤️ Note: if you start our survey but do not finish, the link will take you back to where you were. Please let us know if it doesn't😉bit.ly/People-and-Pets Scottish SPCA 🐾 Blue Cross UK

It is rarely easy giving up a pet - please help us understand the challenges and situations that lead people to give up (or think about giving up) a pet bit.ly/People-and-Pets Click through to the end to reach the prize draw link😉 Scottish SPCA 🐾 Blue Cross UK School of Health in Social Science

Hi! We are looking for participants over the age of 18 to take part in our research on #children and #animal empathy. Please click the link below to complete the survey:reurl.cc/gWM8YR Jo Williams CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research Centre for Applied Developmental Psychology #pets #animalempathy #AnimalWelfare

We know Scotland is a nation of pet lovers. We also know that life can be difficult at times. Take part in our survey and help us to put the right kind of support in place for #scottish #petowners bit.ly/People-and-Pets🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish SPCA 🐾 BlueXPublicAffairs School of Health in Social Science

We are very pleased to have produced our first ever newsletter. Find it here: ed.ac.uk/health/researc… #childanimalinteraction #humananimalinteraction #pets #petresearch #mentalhealth #animalassistedtherapy #animalassistedinterventions #animalassistedactivities

Our survey on challenges facing pet owners closes next Tuesday 22nd. If you haven't had chance to take part, and live in Scotland, please help us understand the issues bit.ly/People-and-Pets 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿and be in with the chance of winning a £50 Amazon voucher. Scottish SPCA 🐾 BlueXPublicAffairs

It's the final day to complete our survey on the challenges of looking after pets in the midst of everything else going on in our lives. If you live in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 , please take part (closes midnight). Thank you bit.ly/People-and-Pets Scottish SPCA 🐾 BlueXPublicAffairs #Scottish #petowners #ACEs

Fantastic keynote by Dr Aubrey Fine #ISAZ21. Connecting with nature and animals is good for human #mentalhealth. More psychologists need to research this and incorporate animal-assisted interventions #AAI into our practice

Excellent thought provoking #ISAZ21 presentation by ⁦James Serpell⁩ discussing whether #pet keeping in #childhood can promote ecological concerns. We need more research on children and animals ⁦CAAR - Children, Adolescents & Animals Research⁩ ⁦Centre for Applied Developmental Psychology⁩

There has been a big increase in people buying dogs during #covid-19 #lockdown. However, pets can be challenging and now people are considering giving up their dogs. More people trying to give up their lockdown dogs, says charity - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-585188…

Thrilled to have passed my PhD viva today (with minor corrections)🥳🥳. Many thanks to my examiners Dr Brinda Jegatheesan and @_RHawkins for such an amazing and positive viva experience. Many thanks to my amazing supervisors Jo Williams and Monja Knoll for all the support!

Good morning🌞 Wishing everyone a lovely week ahead. As we have not posted for a while, we decided to put together a Spring newsletter🌱to share our current/recent work with you. If you would like a copy, please visit ed.ac.uk/sites/default/… #childrenandanimals #peopleandpets

New #OpenAccess Research: “An Evaluation of a Canine Welfare Education Intervention for Primary School Children.” Unaiza Iqbal Jo Williams #AnimalWelfareEducation #HumaneEducation #Anthrozoology doi.org/10.1080/089279…