Disability and Assistance Dog Implicit Association Test: A Novel IAT.
OBJECTIVE: Individuals with disabilities often face stigma and negative social interactions. Human-animal interaction literature suggests that an individual paired with an animal will be perceived differently than an individual alone. Although people with disabilities report increases in social inte...
| Publicado en: | Rehabilitation Psychology Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 17 - 27 |
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American Psychological Association
Feb2015
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