Behavioral effects of the presence of a dog in a classroom.

To test the idea that dogs have a positive influence on the social behavior of school children, one of three dogs was introduced alternately into a class at an elementary school in Vienna, attended by 24 children (mean age: 6.7 years). Most of the 14 boys and ten girls came from first-generation imm...

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Published in:	Anthrozoös Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 147 - 160
Main Authors:	Kotrschal, Kurt, Ortbauer, Brita
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd 2003
Subjects:	Vienna (Austria) Austria Human-animal relationships Individual differences School children Elementary schools Differential psychology Dogs Animals Interest (Psychology)
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