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New Zealand Pet Owners’ Demographic Characteristics, Personality, and Health and Wellbeing: More Than Just a Fluff Piece

Gloria Fraser* School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7696-7280
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Yanshu Huang‡ Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Kealagh Robinson* School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Marc S. Wilson* School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Joseph Bulbulia# School of Humanities, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Chris G. Sibley† School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Pages 561-578 | Published online: 09 Jul 2020

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