Lynette A Hart
Biographic Data
| ID | 85746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynette A Hart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynette A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hart |
| SIGNATURE | HART L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7133-6535 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Navigating pathways for careers in human-animal interaction: A guide for advisors and mentors
This article is intended to help academic faculty and advisors mentor students who are interested in entering the field of human-animal interaction. Even though the field has grown significantly in the last several decades, there is still much confusion over how to obtain a degree that will lead to a career in human-animal interaction. The interdisciplinary nature of the field poses both advantages and disadvantages and can sometimes be overwhelm…
The Elephant–Mahout Relationship in India and Nepal: A Tourist Attraction
This chapter describes current relationships of mahouts with elephants in two national parks located in southern India and Nepal. With the establishment of Nagarahole National Park in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, ownership of elephants was transferred from the maharajah to the government. Of interest here are elephants associated with two villages: with a few elephant females and bulls, Bale is at the site of a former logging camp that…
Exploring the Borderlands Between Wild and Non-Wild Animals: Wildlife Law and Policy in Transition
Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, 18: xxx-xxx, 2015 Copyright (c) Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1388-0292 print / 1548-1476 online Exploring the Borderlands between Wild and Non-Wild Animals: Wildlife Law and Policy in Transition G EOFFREY W ANDESFORDE -S MITH * L YNETTE A. H ART ** Since we now live in a world in which to one degree or another all non-human animals are managed, what is the value of the age old distinction betwe…
Physical Activity and Welfare of Guide Dogs and Walking Activity of Their Partners
Appropriate physical activity is beneficial for physical and psychosocial wellbeing, and it is recommended for people to have 30 minutes of activity on most days of the week, to yield 150 minutes per week. Getting sufficient physical activity particularly challenges people with visual disabilities, and few health-promotion interventions have focused on adults with this disability. Recently, dog walking has been promoted in communities as a way to…
Attachment to Pets: An Integrative View of Human-Animal Relationships with Implications for Therapeutic Practice
2014). Attachment to Pets: An Integrative View of Human–Animal Relationships with Implications for Therapeutic Practice. Anthrozoos: Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 626-628
What Species of Creatures: Animal Relations From the New World
Pets along a continuum: Response to “What is a pet
Dog training as a violence prevention tool for at-risk adolescents
Humane education programs often target at-risk children and seek to teach empathy and gentleness with animals, but few of these have been assessed. This prospective, longitudinal study examined the effects of “Teaching Love and Compassion” (TLC), a humane education program employing educational group discussions and dog training for seventh-grade, inner city youth in Los Angeles, California. The TLC program is offered to groups of 10 to 12 studen…
The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The Conflict between Animal Research and Animal Protection Deborah Rudacille
Companion Cats and the Social Support Systems of Men with Aids
60 male pet owners with AIDS were given a formal questionnaire including items related to demographic, lifestyle, and pet ownership, as well as the Comfort from Companion Animals Scale, the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The men lived in the San Francisco area and received assistance from Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS), a community organization, in caring for their companion dogs or cats. Particip…
The Role of Police Dogs as Companions and Working Partners
Written responses to a questionnaire by 255 officers who used canines in police work were assessed. Almost all officers frequently played with, talked to, petted, and brushed their dogs and believed the dogs benefitted their health and well-being. Officers whose dogs slept indoors, often in the same bedroom, generally said they loved their dogs and they described their dogs as calm rather than active, as indicated by a multiple correspondence ana…
Family Traditions for Mahouts of Asian Elephants
The mahout and elephant relationship is one of the oldest human—animal relationships, possibly beginning as far back as 5,000 years ago. Valued for their assistance in war and work, elephants were trained and managed using methods described in ancient Indian texts. The lifelong job of mahouts historically had a long apprenticeship, and was passed from father to son. In 1973, when the government in Karnataka, India, assumed ownership of the mahara…
Book/Video Reviews
Remembering Aline Kidd
Dogs and Cats in Animal Shelters in Japan
Although there are proportionately fewer pet owners in Japan than in the United States, the keeping of indigenous Japanese dog breeds, along with those common in Europe and North America, is long-established. Japan has a centralized governmental network of animal shelters, which permits accurate record-keeping of the numbers of dogs and cats admitted, reclaimed, and euthanized. Although in the United States an accurate census is not simple to acc…
Attitudes and Care Practices of Cat Caretakers in Hawaii
Individuals who were maintaining colonies of homeless, free-roaming cats on the island of Oahu were surveyed to learn about the attitudes and care practices associated with colony maintenance. The 75 respondents were primarily female pet owners, middle-aged, living with spouses, well-educated, and employed full time, dispelling the image of caretakers as elderly, socially-isolated individuals. Most of the them believed that outdoor cat colonies s…
Correlation among Three Psychological Scales Used in Research of Caregivers for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
This study was conducted to assess whether three scales commonly used in psychological research of Alzheimer's disease caregivers-Caregiver Burden Interview, Life Satisfaction Index-Z, and Geriatric Depression Scale-measure similar or different aspects of mental health. Responses from 244 nonprofessional caregivers were used to estimate factor structure, intercorrelation, and independent variables associated with the three scales. Self-rated heal…
Tourists' Effects on Drivers of Working Asian Elephants
A growing wildlife tourist industry in Asia sometimes includes the use of elephants to transport tourists. Elephant drivers are responsible for the safe management of their elephants while loading, transporting, and unloading tourists for rides to view wildlife. This study sought to investigate the preferences and perceptions of elephant drivers regarding tourists when viewing rhinoceroses in the field. Drivers were interviewed with standardized …
Companion Animals and the Psychological Health of Alzheimer Patients' Caregivers
A sample of 244 persons in northern California who provided care for individuals with possible or probable Alzheimer's disease was studied to examine the effect of association with companion animals on three indices of psychological health. 124 caregivers had regular contact with pets; 120 caregivers did not. Men who were attached to dogs scored better on some measures of psychological health than did men who had no pets. Women less than 40 years…
The Pleasures and Problems of Hearing Dog Ownership
Emotional aspects of owning hearing dogs were explored in 38 hearing-dog owners and a control group of 23 prospective owners. Both groups listed companionship and hearing assistance as pleasant reasons for owning such dogs. Having a dog and personal independence were reasons mentioned only by prospective owners. Both groups mentioned travel complications as unpleasant problems. Owners referred to dogs' behavior problems significantly more often t…
Pretense and Hidden Feelings in the Humane Society Environment: A Source of Stress
Humane society staff and administrators described a need to present themselves in the workplace as strong and helpful, despite feeling angry and disgusted with the public who relinquish animals and also feeling guilty when killing those animals
Dilemmas Associated with Rehousing Homeless People Who Have Companion Animals
66 individuals were given a questionnaire during the initial visit to a veterinary clinic for homeless pet owners. Among the 35 men and 31 women, 32 had been homeless for 6 mo. or less and were termed the acutely homeless subgroup, and 34 had been homeless multiple times or for more than 6 mo. and were termed the chronically homeless subgroup. In responding to the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale, both men and women participants had significant…
The Role of Pet Dogs in Casual Conversations of Elderly Adults
Casual conversations were recorded as elderly persons routinely walked their dogs through a familiar mobile home park in the United States. Control observations included walks without dogs by owners and non-owners of dogs. All owners talked to and about their dogs. Transcribed conversations indicated that dogs were a primary focus of conversation. A majority of sentences to dogs were imperatives; the owners were instructing the dogs. Dog owners f…
Companion Animals Throughout the Human Life Cycle: The Contributions of Aline and Robert Kidd
Therapeutic Riding: Assessing Human Versus Horse Effects
1992). Therapeutic Riding: Assessing Human Versus Horse Effects. Anthrozoos: Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 138-139
Socializing Effects of Service Dogs for People with Disabilities
This retrospective study of people in wheelchairs who have service dogs reports their experiences with strangers in public before and after obtaining their dogs. The specific hypothesis tested was that the acquisition of a service dog would increase the number of friendly approaches by strangers. Subjects reported a significantly higher number of social greetings from adults and children on typical shopping trips with the dog as compared with tho…
Attachment to Pets: An Integrative View of Human-Animal Relationships with Implications for Therapeutic Practice
2014). Attachment to Pets: An Integrative View of Human–Animal Relationships with Implications for Therapeutic Practice. Anthrozoos: Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 626-628
Family Traditions for Mahouts of Asian Elephants
The mahout and elephant relationship is one of the oldest human—animal relationships, possibly beginning as far back as 5,000 years ago. Valued for their assistance in war and work, elephants were trained and managed using methods described in ancient Indian texts. The lifelong job of mahouts historically had a long apprenticeship, and was passed from father to son. In 1973, when the government in Karnataka, India, assumed ownership of the mahara…
Attitudes and Care Practices of Cat Caretakers in Hawaii
Individuals who were maintaining colonies of homeless, free-roaming cats on the island of Oahu were surveyed to learn about the attitudes and care practices associated with colony maintenance. The 75 respondents were primarily female pet owners, middle-aged, living with spouses, well-educated, and employed full time, dispelling the image of caretakers as elderly, socially-isolated individuals. Most of the them believed that outdoor cat colonies s…
Dog training as a violence prevention tool for at-risk adolescents
Humane education programs often target at-risk children and seek to teach empathy and gentleness with animals, but few of these have been assessed. This prospective, longitudinal study examined the effects of “Teaching Love and Compassion” (TLC), a humane education program employing educational group discussions and dog training for seventh-grade, inner city youth in Los Angeles, California. The TLC program is offered to groups of 10 to 12 studen…
Dogs and Cats in Animal Shelters in Japan
Although there are proportionately fewer pet owners in Japan than in the United States, the keeping of indigenous Japanese dog breeds, along with those common in Europe and North America, is long-established. Japan has a centralized governmental network of animal shelters, which permits accurate record-keeping of the numbers of dogs and cats admitted, reclaimed, and euthanized. Although in the United States an accurate census is not simple to acc…
Pets along a continuum: Response to “What is a pet
Tourists' Effects on Drivers of Working Asian Elephants
A growing wildlife tourist industry in Asia sometimes includes the use of elephants to transport tourists. Elephant drivers are responsible for the safe management of their elephants while loading, transporting, and unloading tourists for rides to view wildlife. This study sought to investigate the preferences and perceptions of elephant drivers regarding tourists when viewing rhinoceroses in the field. Drivers were interviewed with standardized …
Exploring the Borderlands Between Wild and Non-Wild Animals: Wildlife Law and Policy in Transition
Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, 18: xxx-xxx, 2015 Copyright (c) Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1388-0292 print / 1548-1476 online Exploring the Borderlands between Wild and Non-Wild Animals: Wildlife Law and Policy in Transition G EOFFREY W ANDESFORDE -S MITH * L YNETTE A. H ART ** Since we now live in a world in which to one degree or another all non-human animals are managed, what is the value of the age old distinction betwe…
Therapeutic Riding: Assessing Human Versus Horse Effects
1992). Therapeutic Riding: Assessing Human Versus Horse Effects. Anthrozoos: Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 138-139
Desensitization of Sexual Anxiety: Relaxation, Play, and Touch Experience with a Pet
Systematic desensitization is a technique for enhancing relaxation in people with sexual anxieties. In this case study, a couple married for three years had not yet developed physical closeness or sexual intimacy. As a child, neither partner had experienced close family relationships. The treatment involved encouraging playfulness and the enjoyment of touching and stroking a kitten in order to induce relaxation and desensitize the couple to physi…
News and Analysis
Socializing Effects of Service Dogs for People with Disabilities
This retrospective study of people in wheelchairs who have service dogs reports their experiences with strangers in public before and after obtaining their dogs. The specific hypothesis tested was that the acquisition of a service dog would increase the number of friendly approaches by strangers. Subjects reported a significantly higher number of social greetings from adults and children on typical shopping trips with the dog as compared with tho…
Desensitization of Sexual Anxiety: Relaxation, Play, and Touch Experience with a Pet
Systematic desensitization is a technique for enhancing relaxation in people with sexual anxieties. In this case study, a couple married for three years had not yet developed physical closeness or sexual intimacy. As a child, neither partner had experienced close family relationships. The treatment involved encouraging playfulness and the enjoyment of touching and stroking a kitten in order to induce relaxation and desensitize the couple to physi…
News and Analysis
News and Analysis
Therapeutic Riding: Assessing Human Versus Horse Effects
1992). Therapeutic Riding: Assessing Human Versus Horse Effects. Anthrozoos: Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 138-139
The Role of Pet Dogs in Casual Conversations of Elderly Adults
Casual conversations were recorded as elderly persons routinely walked their dogs through a familiar mobile home park in the United States. Control observations included walks without dogs by owners and non-owners of dogs. All owners talked to and about their dogs. Transcribed conversations indicated that dogs were a primary focus of conversation. A majority of sentences to dogs were imperatives; the owners were instructing the dogs. Dog owners f…
Companion Animals Throughout the Human Life Cycle: The Contributions of Aline and Robert Kidd
The Pleasures and Problems of Hearing Dog Ownership
Emotional aspects of owning hearing dogs were explored in 38 hearing-dog owners and a control group of 23 prospective owners. Both groups listed companionship and hearing assistance as pleasant reasons for owning such dogs. Having a dog and personal independence were reasons mentioned only by prospective owners. Both groups mentioned travel complications as unpleasant problems. Owners referred to dogs' behavior problems significantly more often t…
Pretense and Hidden Feelings in the Humane Society Environment: A Source of Stress
Humane society staff and administrators described a need to present themselves in the workplace as strong and helpful, despite feeling angry and disgusted with the public who relinquish animals and also feeling guilty when killing those animals
Dilemmas Associated with Rehousing Homeless People Who Have Companion Animals
66 individuals were given a questionnaire during the initial visit to a veterinary clinic for homeless pet owners. Among the 35 men and 31 women, 32 had been homeless for 6 mo. or less and were termed the acutely homeless subgroup, and 34 had been homeless multiple times or for more than 6 mo. and were termed the chronically homeless subgroup. In responding to the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale, both men and women participants had significant…
Companion Animals and the Psychological Health of Alzheimer Patients' Caregivers
A sample of 244 persons in northern California who provided care for individuals with possible or probable Alzheimer's disease was studied to examine the effect of association with companion animals on three indices of psychological health. 124 caregivers had regular contact with pets; 120 caregivers did not. Men who were attached to dogs scored better on some measures of psychological health than did men who had no pets. Women less than 40 years…
Correlation among Three Psychological Scales Used in Research of Caregivers for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
This study was conducted to assess whether three scales commonly used in psychological research of Alzheimer's disease caregivers-Caregiver Burden Interview, Life Satisfaction Index-Z, and Geriatric Depression Scale-measure similar or different aspects of mental health. Responses from 244 nonprofessional caregivers were used to estimate factor structure, intercorrelation, and independent variables associated with the three scales. Self-rated heal…
Tourists' Effects on Drivers of Working Asian Elephants
A growing wildlife tourist industry in Asia sometimes includes the use of elephants to transport tourists. Elephant drivers are responsible for the safe management of their elephants while loading, transporting, and unloading tourists for rides to view wildlife. This study sought to investigate the preferences and perceptions of elephant drivers regarding tourists when viewing rhinoceroses in the field. Drivers were interviewed with standardized …
Dogs and Cats in Animal Shelters in Japan
Although there are proportionately fewer pet owners in Japan than in the United States, the keeping of indigenous Japanese dog breeds, along with those common in Europe and North America, is long-established. Japan has a centralized governmental network of animal shelters, which permits accurate record-keeping of the numbers of dogs and cats admitted, reclaimed, and euthanized. Although in the United States an accurate census is not simple to acc…
Attitudes and Care Practices of Cat Caretakers in Hawaii
Individuals who were maintaining colonies of homeless, free-roaming cats on the island of Oahu were surveyed to learn about the attitudes and care practices associated with colony maintenance. The 75 respondents were primarily female pet owners, middle-aged, living with spouses, well-educated, and employed full time, dispelling the image of caretakers as elderly, socially-isolated individuals. Most of the them believed that outdoor cat colonies s…
Book/Video Reviews
Remembering Aline Kidd
The Role of Police Dogs as Companions and Working Partners
Written responses to a questionnaire by 255 officers who used canines in police work were assessed. Almost all officers frequently played with, talked to, petted, and brushed their dogs and believed the dogs benefitted their health and well-being. Officers whose dogs slept indoors, often in the same bedroom, generally said they loved their dogs and they described their dogs as calm rather than active, as indicated by a multiple correspondence ana…
Family Traditions for Mahouts of Asian Elephants
The mahout and elephant relationship is one of the oldest human—animal relationships, possibly beginning as far back as 5,000 years ago. Valued for their assistance in war and work, elephants were trained and managed using methods described in ancient Indian texts. The lifelong job of mahouts historically had a long apprenticeship, and was passed from father to son. In 1973, when the government in Karnataka, India, assumed ownership of the mahara…
Companion Cats and the Social Support Systems of Men with Aids
60 male pet owners with AIDS were given a formal questionnaire including items related to demographic, lifestyle, and pet ownership, as well as the Comfort from Companion Animals Scale, the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The men lived in the San Francisco area and received assistance from Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS), a community organization, in caring for their companion dogs or cats. Particip…
The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The Conflict between Animal Research and Animal Protection Deborah Rudacille
Pets along a continuum: Response to “What is a pet
Dog training as a violence prevention tool for at-risk adolescents
Humane education programs often target at-risk children and seek to teach empathy and gentleness with animals, but few of these have been assessed. This prospective, longitudinal study examined the effects of “Teaching Love and Compassion” (TLC), a humane education program employing educational group discussions and dog training for seventh-grade, inner city youth in Los Angeles, California. The TLC program is offered to groups of 10 to 12 studen…
What Species of Creatures: Animal Relations From the New World
Psychology (25 works) · Medicine (22 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (16 works) · Animal welfare (14 works) · Pet therapy (14 works) · Animal-assisted therapy (10 works) · Biology (10 works) · Ecology (9 works) · HUBzero (9 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (7 works)