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work_anhbl5k4nnaujlfbmg7bm3amza	Annick Maujean	A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Psychosocial Outcomes	2015.0	14	.pdf	application/pdf	8709	2189	79	ABSTRACT the use of animal-assisted interventions (aaIs) to achieve psychological benefits has expanded rapidly over the last few years. studies, small groups of participants with no control condition, or non-randomized interventions that included a control group (Smith-Osborne and Selby 2010). studies were included in the analysis, and the results revealed that, overall, there was a statistically significant moderate effect size, showing a reduction in depressive symptomatology. is, there was compelling evidence that the aaIs were associated with improvements in depression, as the only studies included in the analyses were well-designed, randomized controlled trials. Importantly, four studies included in the review compared aaIs with active interventions rather than a wait-list control three studies were identified in the present review that examined the effects of an aaI with two studies were identified that examined the effects of an aaI with farm animals. some beneficial psychological effects of aaIs. three studies found beneficial psychological effects with farm animal-assisted therapy (Berget, Ekeberg and Braastad 2008; Berget	./cache/work_anhbl5k4nnaujlfbmg7bm3amza.pdf	./txt/work_anhbl5k4nnaujlfbmg7bm3amza.txt