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New Research Reveals How Dogs Can Help Teens Cope with Stress
Researchers found dogs identified stressed breath and sweat with up to 93.75% accuracy and showed altered behavior after smelling stress.
- Recent studies indicate dogs can physically detect human stress through breath and sweat, while separate research reveals how canine companionship assists American teenagers in managing social anxiety.
- Researchers at Queen's University Belfast found dogs correctly identified human stress markers in 93.75 per cent of 720 trials, distinguishing between calm and stressed breath and sweat samples.
- Research from Tufts University, Massachusetts, involving 514 American teenagers found that caring for a dog and companionship were associated with healthier coping strategies for peer-related stress, such as problem-solving and positive thinking.
- Unexpectedly, the Tufts University study found that viewing dogs as substitutes for human friends or experiencing friction linked to less-healthy coping strategies such as avoidance and emotional numbing in some adolescents.
- Senior author Megan Mueller, Ph.D., noted that researchers are currently tracking adolescents and their pets over time to understand how dog personality and compatibility influence teen well-being.
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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
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