Exploratory Study of Stress-Buffering Response Patterns from Interaction with a Therapy Dog.

This exploratory study builds on existing research on the physiological stress response to human-animal interactions in a non-clinical sample of adult dog-owners interacting with their own or an unfamiliar therapy dog under similar conditions. Participants were therapy-dog owners (TDO group; n = 5)...

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Published in:	Anthrozoös Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 79 - 92
Main Authors:	Barker, Sandra B., Knisely, Janet S., McCain, Nancy L., Schubert, Christine M., Pandurangi, Anand K.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2010
Subjects:	Human-animal relationships Human behavior Stress management Animal-assisted therapy Animal behavior therapy Dog behavior therapy Health outcome assessment
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