Dogs supporting human health and well-being: A biopsychosocial approach

NR Gee, KE Rodriguez, AH Fine… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Humans have long realized that dogs can be helpful, in a number of ways, to achieving
important goals. This is evident from our earliest interactions involving the shared goal of …

Animal-assisted interventions in the classroom—A systematic review

VL Brelsford, K Meints, NR Gee, K Pfeffer - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The inclusion of animals in educational practice is becoming increasingly popular, but it is
unclear how solid the evidence for this type of intervention is. The aim of this systematic …

The role of animal assisted intervention on improving self-esteem in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

SEB Schuck, HL Johnson, MM Abdullah… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most ubiquitous mental health problem
in children, has been associated with poor self-esteem. Psychosocial interventions have …

Human–animal interaction research in school settings: Current knowledge and future directions

NR Gee, JA Griffin, P McCardle - Aera Open, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The involvement of animals is almost commonplace in many schools, although actual data
documenting the extent and nature of human–animal interaction (HAI) in these settings are …

Teaching children and parents to understand dog signaling

K Meints, V Brelsford, T De Keuster - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Safe human-dog relationships require understanding of dogs' signaling. As children are at
particularly high risk of dog bites, we investigated longitudinally how children from 3 to 5 …

The impact of sustained ownership of a pet on cognitive health: A population-based study

JW Applebaum, MM Shieu… - Journal of aging …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To examine associations between sustained ownership of a pet and cognitive
outcomes among a national sample of US adults. Methods: Weighted linear mixed models …

An evaluation of a dog-assisted social and emotional learning intervention in a school setting: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial

L Wintermantel, C Grove - Mental Health & Prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
Many children and adolescents experience mental health problems which has highlighted
the need for early intervention. Social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions in schools …

The impact of therapy dogs on the social and emotional wellbeing of students: a systematic review

R Baird, C Grové, E Berger - Educational and Developmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This systematic review examined the impacts of therapy dogs on the social and
emotional wellbeing of K-12 students. Procedure Five electronic databases (PsycINFO …