Also known as the Teen & Dog Study, this study is assessing the effects of companion dogs on adolescents with social anxiety and their families. The researchers will collect quantitative, qualitative, and psychophysiological longitudinal data from adolescents and their parents.

This is a collaborative project between the Pets and Well-Being Lab at Tufts University and the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab at the Wellesley Centers for Women.

This project is supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01HD109808 and subaward number EP0228483. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.