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How animals affect us : examining the influence of human-animal interaction on child development and human health /

"This volume creates a landscape of new ideas on what we might consider both commonplace and yet mysterious-our relations with animals and their influences on children and developmental processes. The chapters collectively form a multilevel, ecological model from which to consider the social, e...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: McCardle, Peggy D. (Editor ), McCune, Sandra, 1963- (Editor ), Griffin, James Alan, 1963- (Editor ), Maholmes, Valerie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, ©2011.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Human-animal interaction research : an introduction to issues and topics / James A. Griffin, Sandra McCune, Valerie Maholmes, and Karyl Hurley
  • I. Methodology ; Principles for human-animal interaction research / Gail F. Melson
  • Establishing the effectiveness of animal-assisted therapies : methodological standards, issues, and strategies / Alan E. Kazdin
  • Promises and pitfalls of hormone research in human-animal interaction / Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, Linda Handlin, and Maria Petersson
  • II. Human-animal interaction and child development ; How very young children think about animals / Judy S. DeLoache, Megan Bloom Pickard, and Vanessa LoBue
  • The other side of the bond : domestic dogs' human-like behaviors / Clive D.L. Wynne, Nicole R. Dorey, and Monique A.R. Udell
  • Animal abuse and developmental psychopathology / Frank R. Ascione and Mika Maruyama
  • III. Human-animal interaction and human health ; Childhood obesity and human-animal interaction / Jo Salmon and Anna Timperio
  • Health correlates of pet ownership from national surveys / Bruce Headey and Markus Grabka
  • Physiological correlates of health benefits from pets / Erika Friedmann, Sandra B. Barker, and Karen M. Allen
  • Animal-assisted intervention in health care contexts / Rebecca A. Johnson
  • Afterword : an agenda for future research / Peggy McCardle, Sandra McCune, Layla Esposito, Valerie Maholmes, and Lisa Freund
  • Appendix : a resource for studying human-animal interaction / Tim Adams.