Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Animal-Assisted Therapy for the Promotion of Social Competence: a Conceptual Framework Subject The topic of the resource Animal-assisted interventions; Human-animal bond; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Social adaptation; Social maturity Description An account of the resource Developmental disorders have a substantial effect on the social competence of children affecting their overall psychosocial functioning. Social competence entails the process of being socially mature by establishing stable and adaptive patterns of social behavior. Animal-assisted therapy, as an alternative treatment modality, has offered some new prospects for improving social cognition. This conceptual paper, thus, attempts to throw light on how animal-assisted therapy can help improve social competence. The paper draws its knowledge from the existing theories and empirical work done to propose a conceptual framework that can enhance social competence by incorporating therapy animals. It can be concluded that animal-assisted therapy has found to improve different dimensions crucial for development of social competence. This further suggests the dire need to explore the effectiveness of human-animal interactions by utilizing it for improving social competence. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Narvekar H.N.; Ghani S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Human Arenas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Science and Business Media B.V. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-022-00313-7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-022-00313-7</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139122163&amp;doi=10.1007%2Fs42087-022-00313-7&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=fa464963ce0383c5ecb279da27018f6a" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139122163&amp;doi=10.1007%2fs42087-022-00313-7&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=fa464963ce0383c5ecb279da27018f6a</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 25225804 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Narvekar H.N., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India; Ghani S., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India