Convivencia con animales de compañía en la cultura contemporánea: percepciones de los custodios sobre el desarrollo de lazos afectivos, entre ellos y sus animales de compañía, durante el confinamiento consecuencia del Covid19 (2020)

Abstract

The present investigative work had as general objective, to describe the perceptions of the custodians, with sons between 5 and 12 years old, about the development of emotional ties between them and their companion animals during confinement as a result of COVID-19, in Guayaquil - Ecuador during the year 2020. This research has a quantitative methodology, descriptive scope, not experimental, the sample comprised 1054 parents with children between 5 and 12 years old, residents in the city of Guayaquil, who have under their custody of a companion animal. Analysis was performed based on sociodemographic data: sex, pet species, number of children, number of pets at home, custodian occupation, and monthly earnings. The results indicate that the emotional ties between custodians and companion animals are based on love, empathy, belonging and possession; they originate through care, games and interaction and finally the characteristics of the affective bond are the trust and adaptation of the custodian and the family towards the companion animal.