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Barking up the wrong tree : pet therapy in South Africa

Bibliography: leaves 183-238.

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Main Author: Naidoo, Pevashnee
Other Authors: Schomer, Helgo
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Psychology 2014
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/7989 Barking up the wrong tree : pet therapy in South Africa Naidoo, Pevashnee Schomer, Helgo Psychological Research Bibliography: leaves 183-238. There exists but one local detailed, documented study by Bergensen (1989) that focused on the effects of pet facilitated therapy on the self-esteem and socialisation of primary school children. In addition, a handful of articles have been published in South African journals. It is rather perturbing to note that a proven, highly effective adjunct to conventional therapeutic intervention is lacking in the South African therapeutic milieu. The marked ignorance and defence behind practitioners scorn for this form of therapy is rather perplexing, especially in light of its official existence for over thirty years. This dissertation probes the concept of pet-facilitated therapy by referring to extensive studies, focusing on various sub-populations, and concludes with a study investigating local opposition to pet therapy. 2014-10-02T13:21:01Z 2014-10-02T13:21:01Z 2003 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7989 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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title Barking up the wrong tree : pet therapy in South Africa
title_full Barking up the wrong tree : pet therapy in South Africa
title_fullStr Barking up the wrong tree : pet therapy in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Barking up the wrong tree : pet therapy in South Africa
title_short Barking up the wrong tree : pet therapy in South Africa
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