#9277. The mental health effects of pet death during childhood: is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?

August 2026publication date
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Journal’s subject area:
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health;
Developmental and Educational Psychology;
Psychiatry and Mental Health;
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Abstract:
Pet ownership is common. Growing evidence suggests children form deep emotional attachments to their pets. Yet, little is known about children’s emotional reactions to a pet’s death. The goal of this study was to describe the relationship between experiences of pet death and risk of childhood psychopathology and determine if it was “better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”.
Keywords:
Childhood; Cohort; Death; Depressive disorders; Epidemiology; Experience; Pet; Risk assessment; Trauma

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