A randomized controlled trial of the effects of dog-assisted versus robot dog-assisted therapy for children with autism or Down syndrome

• Steffie Van Der Steen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: s.van.der.steen@rug.nl

  Affiliation Department of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7827-4525

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• Erica Kamphorst,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1136-0197

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• Richard E. Griffioen

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entrepreneurship, Business, Animals & Food, Aeres University of Applied Sciences, Dronten, the Netherlands

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