Affiliative and disciplinary behavior of human handlers during play with their dog affects cortisol concentrations in opposite directions

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-114

  Horváth, Zsuzsánna ^a   Dóka, Antal ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Communicative signals; Cortisol; Play; Stress; Working dogs

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POLICE; SALIVA;

EID: 43949122888     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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