Animals, empathy, and violence: Can animals be used to convey principles of prosocial behavior to children?

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-58

  Sprinkle, Julie E ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Animal assisted programs; Empathy; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549067331     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007305525     Document Type: Article

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