Pet Therapy Survey - Relationship Australia

Owning your own pets may be calming and even be helping one's well being. To me, there are many reasons for that: we tend to care for the animals, show respect, love them and we may even talk to them.

This may give us positive relationship signs that make us feel happy inside ourselves and and also may provide a sense of emotional stability. Domestic animals like dogs, cats and birds are the favorite ones that most people like to have at home. It is also fun naming them.

Myself , the names my parents used for their dogs was 'Bobby, Rusty, Cindy and Kora' Interesting names? I  still remember each one of them as if there were here with me today. I haven't had a dog for over 29 years until recent and yes I do miss them. I've had pigeons, budgies, canaries, tropical fish and cats. I even remember I had a lizard tank. In my growing younger years, it improved my well being. I had pets to care as well as parents tendering to myself.

What's you r experience with pets?

Relationships Australia provides a survey on Pet Therapy Click here for Further Details

You  might be intrigues with this result.

A Suggestion to Complete Survey on Anxiety - A Chance to have Your Own 'Private Say'!

Sometimes completing survey on  how we feel, can make us feel complete that we are being  part of a community that can help  professionals understand how we all feel. Then, it shows the real trend of where we may be going. To me, it is a good thing to be proud of and a great sense of well being involved.

Try it yourself. Feel happy!

August's online monthly survey asks a few questions about anxiety. If you would like to complete the survey, please access Relationships Australia website.

July 2018: Recognising And Responding To Poor Mental Health - Relationships Australia

Click here for Details on Jul 2018 Survey Responding to poor mental health

Resources

Relationships Australia

Relationship support services are provided in each State and Territory.

Visit the website or call 1300 364 277.

Lifeline

A 24-hour crisis support service.

Visit www.lifeline.org.au or call 13 11 14.

1800 Respect

A National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service.

Visit www.1800respect.org.au or call 1800 737 732.

Family Relationships Online

Provides all families (whether together or separated) with access to information about family relationship issues, ranging from building better relationships to dispute resolution.

Visit www.familyrelationships.gov.au or call 1800 050 321.

Family Relationships Advice Line

A national telephone service established to assist families affected by relationship or separation issues.

Visit www.familyrelationships.gov.au/Services/FRAL or call 1800 050 321.

beyondblue

Provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health.

Visit www.beyondblue.org.au or call 1300 224 636.

Kids Helpline

A free, private and confidential phone and online counselling service for young people aged between 5 and 25.

Visit www.kidshelp.com.au or call 1800 55 1800.

Mensline Australia

A telephone and online support and information service for Australian men.

Visit www.mensline.org.au or call 1300 78 99 78.

headspace

A national youth mental health foundation dedicated to improving the wellbeing of young Australians.

Visit www.headspace.org.au or call 1800 650 890.

Neighbour Day

An initiative that encourages people to connect with those who live in their neighbourhood.

Visit www.neighbourday.org.

References/Credits

Postmes, T, Haslam, A, & Jans, L. (2012).  A single-item measure of social identification: Reliability, validity, and utility, British Journal of Social Psychology, DOI:10.1111/bjso.12006

Batterhama, PJ, Sunderland, M, Carragherb, N, Caleara, AL, Mackinnonc, AJ, Sladeb, T. (2016). The Distress Questionnaire-5: Population screener for psychological
distress was more accurate than the K6/K10, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 71:35-42

We would like to acknowledge Tegan Cruwys, Research School of Psychology, Australia National University, for assistance with drafting the questions for the August Monthly survey.  The data collected in this survey may be used by researchers from the Research School of Psychology to examine relationships between distress, neighbourhood identification and the characteristics of neighbourhoods.