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Dr SOPHIE HALL's Outputs (3)

Effects of Pet Dogs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their Families: Expectations versus reality (2016)
Journal Article
Wright, H., Hall, S., Hames, A., Hardiman, J., Burgess, A., Team, P., Mills, R., & Mills, D. (2016). Effects of Pet Dogs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their Families: Expectations versus reality. Human-Animal Interactions, 4(2), 38 - 58. https://doi.org/10.1079/hai.2016.0009

Previous studies have examined the specific benefits of therapy and assistance dogs on children with autism, but until recently only anecdotes existed concerning the benefits of pet dogs. We conducted structured interviews with 40 parents of children... Read More about Effects of Pet Dogs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their Families: Expectations versus reality.

Pet Dogs Improve Family Functioning and Reduce Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2015)
Journal Article
Wright, H., Hall, S., Hames, A., Hardiman, J., Mills, R., Project Team, P., & Mills, D. (2015). Pet Dogs Improve Family Functioning and Reduce Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Anthrozoös, 28(4), 611-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2015.1070003

There is increasing evidence to suggest that dogs are beneficial for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in therapy sessions, and anecdotal reports suggest that dogs may have wider benefits, in a family setting. This study investigated the e... Read More about Pet Dogs Improve Family Functioning and Reduce Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Individual differences in the effectiveness of text cohesion for science text comprehension (2013)
Journal Article
Hall, S., Basran, J., Paterson, K. B., Kowalski, R., Filik, R., & Maltby, J. (2014). Individual differences in the effectiveness of text cohesion for science text comprehension. Learning and Individual Differences, 29, 74-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2013.10.014

The present study examined associations between individual differences and comprehension capabilities of secondary school children when reading texts about science topics of varying levels of cohesion (i.e. low versus high cohesion). We administered... Read More about Individual differences in the effectiveness of text cohesion for science text comprehension.