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Pets can improve your life The (0) of animals in helping people recover from a range of health and emotional problems has long been (1) recognised. Now a survey reported in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology appears to show that owning a pet can (2) healthy individuals, too. A number of experiments, (3) by two universities in the United States, indicate that pet owners are generally happier, healthier, fitter, more confident and better able to (4) with everyday issues than non-owners. The researchers discovered that individuals have just as (5) a relationship with the key people in their lives, in (6) words family and friends, as they have with their pets. And although they found no (7) that people choose emotional relationships with pets over relationships with other people, a study of university students showed that owning a pet helped them (8) over the break-up of a relationship with a partner.

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Pets can improve your life. The ability of animalsin helping people recover from a range of health and emotional problems has long been scientifically recognized. Now, a survey reported in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology appears to show that owning a pet can help healthy individuals too. A number of experiments, carried out by two universities in the United States, indicate that pet owners are generally happier, healthier, fitter, more confident and better able to cope with everyday issues than non-owners. The researchers discovered that individuals have just as close a relationship with the key people in their lives, in other words, family and friends, as they have with their pets. And although they found no evidence that people choose emotional relationships with pets over relationships with other people, a study of university students showed that owning a pet helped them get over the break-up of a relationship with a partner.

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The text above addresses the benefits that people can have when they own a pet. The text states that these benefits were scientifically proven through scientific research carried out by different universities, where all had the same result, proving the veracity of the information.