Взаимодействие молодых людей с животными и образовательные результаты

Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2022. № 5. С. 305–327.

Mikhaylova O.

In this paper, I overview the
studies of human-animal interactions’
influence on young peoples’ lives. There
is plenty of research that addresses the
impact of personal networks on individual
life trajectories. However, the influence
of animals, who also sometimes belong
to the young peoples’ personal networks,
remains underexplored. This paper fills
this gap and touches upon two contexts
in which young learners most frequently
face animals: 1) home and 2) educational
facilities. I conclude that relations with
animals in both contexts could enrich
young peoples’ skills of emotional regulation
and may influence the formation
of responsibility for the wellbeing of the
other living subjects, increase the social
integration of the young person and consolidate
the models of aggressive or in
other words cruel behavior. In addition
to this, I formulate the potential research
directions. The article could be of interest
to the social researchers of children,
adolescents, youth, and human-animal
interactions.

Keywords: молодежь, подростки, дети, education, social networks, academic achievement, educational outcomes, the youth, животные, социальное окружение, animals, взаимодействие людей и животных, human-animal interaction