@article{ref1,
title="Animals, empathy, and violence: can animals be used to convey principles of prosocial behavior to children?",
journal="Youth violence and juvenile justice",
year="2008",
author="Sprinkle, Julie E.",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="47-58",
abstract="This study evaluates the effectiveness of a school-based violence prevention/intervention and character education program that uses rescued shelter dogs to teach antiviolence and prosocial messages to elementary and middle school students. This study uses student self-report, disciplinary data, and teacher observational data to measure violent and aggressive behaviors, beliefs about aggression, and levels of empathy in program participants before and after exposure to the program's curriculum. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate that receiving the program significantly alters students' normative beliefs about aggression, levels of empathy, and displays of violent and aggressive behaviors. Keywords: Juvenile justice<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-2040",
doi="10.1177/1541204007305525",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204007305525"
}