Cute and cuddly and a whole lot more? A call for empirical investigation into the therapeutic benefits of human-animal interaction for children

Behaviour Change

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-133

  Nicholas, ^a   Fawcett, R ^a   Gullone, Eleonora ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOOD; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; STRESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0035713785     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.18.2.124     Document Type: Review

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