School-based social training with and without dogs: Evaluation of their effectiveness

Anthrozoos

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-373

  Tissen, Isabelle ^a   Hergovich, Andreas ^a   Spiel, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aggression; Animal assisted education; Children; School; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 38349155246     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279307X245491     Document Type: Article

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