Convivencia con animales de compañía en la cultura contemporánea: percepciones de los custodios sobre el desarrollo de lazos afectivos, entre ellos y los animales de compañía, en Guayaquil – Ecuador (2019)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the different perceptions that a custodian may have about the development of emotional ties, which occur as a result of interaction between a human and a companion animal. This research was a non-experimental descriptive type with a quantitative methodology, where the target group was specifically mothers and fathers of children from 5 to 12 years old residing in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador and had an animal under their responsibility. Within the results obtained throughout this investigation, it was shown that both women and men generate emotional ties that depend on the interaction they have with the pet, regardless of whether it is a dog or a cat. It was also identified that the age of the investigated influences on the activities that the custodians carry out daily with their animals, it also show how the attention given to the animal is affected by the number of children thet are part of the household. Therefore, it is concluded that humans who give mora attention and constantly participate in the daily activities of pets, perceive that a stronger emotional bond is created between them.