Cats could be as effective as dogs in University stress relief programmes but are often overlooked, according to a new study.
Researchers set out to find out if people would benefit from interactions with cats as more than 85 percent of "Pet Your Stress Away" events only include dogs.
Their findings, published in the journal Anthrozoös showed that many were interested in having cats at these types of events.
They also found that highly emotional people were more likely to be more highly drawn to cats. This is because those who took part in the study and said that they wanted to see more cats at stress relief events scored highly for the Emotionality personality trait.
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