"Man's best friend:" How the presence of a dog reduces mental distress after social exclusion

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 446-449

  Aydin, Nilüfer ^a   Krueger, Joachim I ^b   Fischer, Julia ^a   Hahn, Dana ^a   Kastenmüller, Andreas ^c   Frey, Dieter ^a   Fischer, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Companion animal; Coping; Mental health; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655161998     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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