The impact of a dog-facilitated mobile physical activity intervention on children’s social–emotional development: a randomized controlled trial
Larger interventions encouraging children to be physically active with their dog are required to confirm these findings and the impact of dog-facilitated physical activity interventions on child and family health and development outcomes. Longer intervention and follow-up periods are also needed.
Authors
- Hayley E. Christian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8486-5746)
- Kevin Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8856-6046)
- Michelle Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4735-9953)
- Emma Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6295-9714)
- Carri Westgarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0471-2761)
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf142
- Primary Topic
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00