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Can dogs reduce stress levels in school children? effects of dog-assisted interventions on salivary cortisol in children with and without special educational needs using randomized controlled trials
| Contributor(s):: Meints, K., Brelsford, V. L., Dimolareva, M., Maréchal, L., Pennington, K., Rowan, E., Gee, N. R.
Prolonged or excessive stress negatively affects learning, behavior and health across the lifespan. To alleviate adverse effects of stress in school children, stressors should be reduced, and support and effective interventions provided. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) have shown beneficial...
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What Patients Prioritize for Research to Improve Their Lives and How Their Priorities Get Dismissed again
| Contributor(s):: Groot, B., Haveman, A., Buree, M., Zuijlen, R. V., Zuijlen, J. V., Abma, T.
Health researchers increasingly work with patients in a participatory fashion. Active patient involvement throughout the research process can provide epistemic justice to patients who have often only had an informant role in traditional health research. This study aims to conduct participatory...
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Pets Are Associated with Fewer Peer Problems and Emotional Symptoms, and Better Prosocial Behavior: Findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
| Contributor(s):: Christian, H., Mitrou, F., Cunneen, R., Zubrick, S. R.
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Interpersonal barriers to stopping animal abuse: exploring the role of adolescent friendship norms and breeches
| Contributor(s):: Arluke, A.
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Using Animal-Assisted Therapy to Facilitate Social Communication: A Pilot Study
| Contributor(s):: Boyer, Valerie E., Mundschenk, Nancy A.
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Terapia mediada por animais e saúde mental: um programa no Centro de Atenção Psicossocial da Infância e Adolescência em Porto Alegre - TAA Parte III
| Contributor(s):: C.B. Franco, A. Pizzinato, M.C. Moreira, M.L.S. Zavaschi, T. Santos, V.L.S. de Oliveira, F.L. Boschetti, L. De M. Menti
Portuguese:O objetivo deste estudo foi examinar as repercussões de um programa de terapia mediada por animais junto a um grupo de pacientes do Centro de Atenção Psicossocial da Infância e Adolescência do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre-RS. Teve como objeto de estu- do as repercussões...
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Juvenile animal abuse: Practice and policy implications for PNPs
| Contributor(s):: Muscari, Mary
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Non-economic incentives to improve animal welfare: positive competition as a driver for change among owners of draught and pack animals in India
| Contributor(s):: Pritchard, J. C., Dijk, L. van, Ali, M., Pradhan, S. K.
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Decisions about the use of animals in research: ethical reflection by animal ethics committee members
| Contributor(s):: Schuppli, C. A.
Institutional Animal Ethics Committees (AECs) are the principal means of ensuring the ethical use of animals in science in many countries, yet we understand very little about how they make decisions and how effective they are in implementing policy and achieving their stated aims. To answer these...
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Taking the time to assess the effects of remote sensing and tracking devices on animals
| Contributor(s):: McMahon, C. R., Collier, N., Northfield, J. K., Glen, F.
The remote monitoring of animal behaviour using telemetry and bio-logging has become popular due to technological advances, falling costs of devices and the need to understand behaviour without causing disturbance to subjects. Over the past three decades thousands of animals have had their...
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Positive interactions lead to lasting positive memories in horses, Equus caballus
| Contributor(s):: Sankey, Carol, Richard-Yris, Marie-Annick, Leroy, Hélène, Henry, Séverine, Hausberger, Martine
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Action, talk, and thought in block play
| Contributor(s):: Reifel, Stuart, Yeatman, June
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Friends and pets as companions: strategies for coping with loneliness among homeless youth
| Contributor(s):: Rew, L.
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Social companionship versus food: the effect of the presence of familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics on the distance steers travel
| Contributor(s):: Patison, K. P., Swain, D. L., Bishop-Hurley, G. J., Pattison, P., Robins, G.
The social motivation of a grazing individual to remain in close proximity to its peer is dependent on many factors, particularly the level of familiarity with its peers and the desire to forage further away. This study examined the trade-off individual cattle have to make between a food reward...
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Does it bite? The role of stimuli characteristics on preschoolers' interactions with robots, insects and a dog
| Contributor(s):: Howard, L., Vick, S. J.
While there is increasing interest in the impact of animal interactions upon children's wellbeing and attitudes, there has been less attention paid to the specific characteristics of the animals that attract and engage children. We used a within-subjects design to explore how differences in...
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Social acknowledegments for children with disabilities: effects of service dogs
| Contributor(s):: Mader, B., Hart, L. A., Bergin, B.
