The characteristics, motivations, and experiences of foster caregivers at animal shelters
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Foster care programs at animal shelters have emerged as an important tool for promoting animal welfare and supporting shelter life-saving efforts. Preliminary evidence suggests that foster caregiving may also be health-promoting for humans. The goals of this study were to investigate the experiences of foster caregivers at animal shelters based on measures of positive and negative affect, quality of life, and grief, and to describe human-animal attachment among foster populations. Between March 2022 and 2023, 131 foster caregivers from five shelters in the United States completed three online surveys before, during and after providing foster care to a shelter animal. Positive affect decreased significantly from baseline to post-foster (F=5.71, p<0.01), particularly among dog caregivers (F=6.17, p<0.01). Negative affect remained unchanged (F=0.47, p=0.63). Foster caregivers perceived their foster animal provided companionship, affection and emotional support, although dog foster ca..., , , GENERAL INFORMATION
1.     Title of Dataset: The characteristics, motivations, and experiences of foster caregivers at animal shelters
2.     Principal Investigator Contact Information
Name: Lauren Powell
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Address: Philadelphia, PA USA
Email: [lrpowell@vet.upenn.edu](mailto:lrpowell@vet.upenn.edu)
3.     Dates of data collection: March 2022-May 2023
4.     Geographic location of data collection: Continental United States
5.     Funding sources that supported data collection: Nestlé Purina PetCare Global Resources, Inc, Award: PD10084618.
6.    Links to publications that cite or use the data:
Ackerman, R., Watson, B., Serpell, J., Reinhard, C. L., & Powell, L. (2023). Understanding the Motivations of Foster Caregivers at Animal Shelters. *Animals*, *13*(17), 2694. DOI:10.3390/ani13172694
Powell, L., Ackerman, R., Reinhard, C. L., Serpell, J., & Watson, B. (Under Review). A prospective study of mental wellbeing, quality of life, ...
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2025-07-28
