Pets and health

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1011-1024

  Brasić, James Robert ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032239213     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3.1011     Document Type: Article

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