Human-animal relationships and interactions during the Covid-19 lockdown phase in the UK: Investigating links with mental health and loneliness

• Elena Ratschen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elena Ratschen, Emily Shoesmith, Lion Shahab

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Elena.Ratschen@york.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Emily Shoesmith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elena Ratschen, Emily Shoesmith, Lion Shahab

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-4919

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• Lion Shahab ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elena Ratschen, Emily Shoesmith, Lion Shahab

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Karine Silva ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Dimitra Kale ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Paul Toner ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7801-7636

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• Catherine Reeve ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9522-903X

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• Daniel S. Mills

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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