Christine Yvette Tardif-Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 173734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine Yvette Tardif-Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine Yvette |
| FAMILY NAME | Tardif-Williams |
| SIGNATURE | TARDIF-WILLIAMS C Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brock University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3581-6312 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring Homeless Children’s Experiences With Companion and Other Animals
Few studies in the field of human–animal interactions explore homeless children’s experiences with animals, even though many homeless families have experiences with companion, support, and other types of animals. We addressed this knowledge gap and explored homeless children’s experiences with animals as represented in their artwork and participant observations. Participants included 24 children (8 girls; 16 boys; aged 5–14 years) living in a hom…
Beyond the campus context: Reducing stress among students and community members through virtual canine comfort modules
Research continues to demonstrate the stress-reducing benefits of in-person interactions with therapy dogs, especially among students engaged within educational contexts. However, less is known about the potential of virtual interactions with therapy dogs to reduce stress among post-secondary students and if such benefits might extend to members of the general community. Accordingly, the aim of this study was twofold. First, we explored how a vir…
My ‘Perfect’ Dog: Undesired Dog Behaviours and Owners’ Coping Styles
Research continues to shed light on the benefits associated with dog ownership. However, we know virtually nothing about how undesired dog behaviours impact young people’s behavioural and perceptive experiences with their dogs. Understanding these impacts is important because it can offer a more nuanced understanding of the effects of dog ownership. This exploratory study applied a qualitative methodology to examine young people’s perceptions abo…
‘Because they are a part of life: ’ Children’s ideas about the welfare, rights, and protection of animals and ecosystems
This exploratory study assessed links among children’s moral concern and their ideas about the rights and protection of companion, farm, wild animals and ecosystems. Sixty-one children responded to three interview questions that were coded as either anthropocentric or biocentric in orientation. Results revealed unique links among children’s moral concern and their ideas about the rights and protection of different types of animals and ecosystems.…
Virtual Canine Comfort: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of a Canine-Assisted Intervention Supporting Undergraduate Wellbeing
Being a university student is known to be a stressful experience, and researchers across studies have reported elevated stress and compromised mental health for university students when compared with findings from the general population. The unexpected disruption to their studies arising from COVID-19 and its corresponding social isolation added to the stress experienced by students. This study assessed the effects of a virtual canine-assisted in…
Discourses of Good Motherhood and the Policing of Young Parenthood
Within a neoliberal context, youth pregnancy continues to be socially recognized as an individualized mistake, influencing young mothers by shaping and constraining their actions and lifestyle choices. Utilizing a Foucauldian and poststructural feminist lens, and drawing on interviews with 11 young mothers, this research examines how, where, and why young mothers experience forms of policing. Participants conceptualized “good” motherhood through …
A Reason to Live: HIV and Animal Companions
(2020). A Reason to Live: HIV and Animal Companions. Anthrozoos: Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 685-687
Shifting Preservice Teachers’ Views of Animal Welfare and Advocacy through a Human-Animal Relationships Course
This mixed-methods study explored how participation in an intensive course on human-animal relationships impacted preservice teachers’ views about human-animal welfare and advocacy and animal-focused curriculum. Participants were 25 undergraduate students (24 female; 1 male) following a teacher education pathway. Participants completed the Animal Rights Scale , and their insights on assigned readings were captured through weekly journal entries a…
Turning the Page for Spot: The Potential of Therapy Dogs to Support Reading Motivation Among Young Children
This study investigated whether dogs might facilitate a context conducive to reading for children when they are faced with a challenging reading passage. A within-subjects design was used to assess children's motivation to read in two conditions: with a therapy dog and without a therapy dog. Seventeen children (8 girls; 9 boys) in Grades 1 to 3 (aged 6–8 years) and their parents participated in this study. Results of a multivariate repeated-measu…
Gender and Age Differences in Children’s Perceptions of Self-Companion Animal Interactions Expressed through Drawings
This study explored gender and age differences in children’s perceptions of their interactions with companion animals, as represented through drawings and written descriptions. The study included 77 school-aged children (50 girls, 27 boys; aged 6 to 12 years) who attended a one-week humane education summer camp that aimed to promote positive interactions with animals. Children completed drawings of their interactions with companion animals and pr…
Evaluating the Impact of a Humane Education Summer-Camp Program on School-Aged Children's Relationships with Companion Animals
This study evaluated the impact of children's participation in a five-day humane education summer-camp program on the quality of their relationships with and treatment of companion animals. We measured changes from pre- to post-program in 77 children (50 girls, 27 boys) aged 6–12 years. The program promoted positive interactions between children and animals in natural settings, with a focus on either companion animals or farm/forest animals. The …
Clarifying the link between acculturation experiences and parent–child relationships among families in cultural transition: The promise of contemporary critiques of acculturation psychology
Clarifying the link between acculturation experiences and parent–child relationships among families in cultural transition: The promise of contemporary critiques of acculturation psychology
Evaluating the Impact of a Humane Education Summer-Camp Program on School-Aged Children's Relationships with Companion Animals
This study evaluated the impact of children's participation in a five-day humane education summer-camp program on the quality of their relationships with and treatment of companion animals. We measured changes from pre- to post-program in 77 children (50 girls, 27 boys) aged 6–12 years. The program promoted positive interactions between children and animals in natural settings, with a focus on either companion animals or farm/forest animals. The …
Turning the Page for Spot: The Potential of Therapy Dogs to Support Reading Motivation Among Young Children
This study investigated whether dogs might facilitate a context conducive to reading for children when they are faced with a challenging reading passage. A within-subjects design was used to assess children's motivation to read in two conditions: with a therapy dog and without a therapy dog. Seventeen children (8 girls; 9 boys) in Grades 1 to 3 (aged 6–8 years) and their parents participated in this study. Results of a multivariate repeated-measu…
Virtual Canine Comfort: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of a Canine-Assisted Intervention Supporting Undergraduate Wellbeing
Being a university student is known to be a stressful experience, and researchers across studies have reported elevated stress and compromised mental health for university students when compared with findings from the general population. The unexpected disruption to their studies arising from COVID-19 and its corresponding social isolation added to the stress experienced by students. This study assessed the effects of a virtual canine-assisted in…
Clarifying the link between acculturation experiences and parent–child relationships among families in cultural transition: The promise of contemporary critiques of acculturation psychology
Evaluating the Impact of a Humane Education Summer-Camp Program on School-Aged Children's Relationships with Companion Animals
This study evaluated the impact of children's participation in a five-day humane education summer-camp program on the quality of their relationships with and treatment of companion animals. We measured changes from pre- to post-program in 77 children (50 girls, 27 boys) aged 6–12 years. The program promoted positive interactions between children and animals in natural settings, with a focus on either companion animals or farm/forest animals. The …
Gender and Age Differences in Children’s Perceptions of Self-Companion Animal Interactions Expressed through Drawings
This study explored gender and age differences in children’s perceptions of their interactions with companion animals, as represented through drawings and written descriptions. The study included 77 school-aged children (50 girls, 27 boys; aged 6 to 12 years) who attended a one-week humane education summer camp that aimed to promote positive interactions with animals. Children completed drawings of their interactions with companion animals and pr…
Shifting Preservice Teachers’ Views of Animal Welfare and Advocacy through a Human-Animal Relationships Course
This mixed-methods study explored how participation in an intensive course on human-animal relationships impacted preservice teachers’ views about human-animal welfare and advocacy and animal-focused curriculum. Participants were 25 undergraduate students (24 female; 1 male) following a teacher education pathway. Participants completed the Animal Rights Scale , and their insights on assigned readings were captured through weekly journal entries a…
Turning the Page for Spot: The Potential of Therapy Dogs to Support Reading Motivation Among Young Children
This study investigated whether dogs might facilitate a context conducive to reading for children when they are faced with a challenging reading passage. A within-subjects design was used to assess children's motivation to read in two conditions: with a therapy dog and without a therapy dog. Seventeen children (8 girls; 9 boys) in Grades 1 to 3 (aged 6–8 years) and their parents participated in this study. Results of a multivariate repeated-measu…
Discourses of Good Motherhood and the Policing of Young Parenthood
Within a neoliberal context, youth pregnancy continues to be socially recognized as an individualized mistake, influencing young mothers by shaping and constraining their actions and lifestyle choices. Utilizing a Foucauldian and poststructural feminist lens, and drawing on interviews with 11 young mothers, this research examines how, where, and why young mothers experience forms of policing. Participants conceptualized “good” motherhood through …
A Reason to Live: HIV and Animal Companions
(2020). A Reason to Live: HIV and Animal Companions. Anthrozoos: Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 685-687
Virtual Canine Comfort: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of a Canine-Assisted Intervention Supporting Undergraduate Wellbeing
Being a university student is known to be a stressful experience, and researchers across studies have reported elevated stress and compromised mental health for university students when compared with findings from the general population. The unexpected disruption to their studies arising from COVID-19 and its corresponding social isolation added to the stress experienced by students. This study assessed the effects of a virtual canine-assisted in…
My ‘Perfect’ Dog: Undesired Dog Behaviours and Owners’ Coping Styles
Research continues to shed light on the benefits associated with dog ownership. However, we know virtually nothing about how undesired dog behaviours impact young people’s behavioural and perceptive experiences with their dogs. Understanding these impacts is important because it can offer a more nuanced understanding of the effects of dog ownership. This exploratory study applied a qualitative methodology to examine young people’s perceptions abo…
‘Because they are a part of life: ’ Children’s ideas about the welfare, rights, and protection of animals and ecosystems
This exploratory study assessed links among children’s moral concern and their ideas about the rights and protection of companion, farm, wild animals and ecosystems. Sixty-one children responded to three interview questions that were coded as either anthropocentric or biocentric in orientation. Results revealed unique links among children’s moral concern and their ideas about the rights and protection of different types of animals and ecosystems.…
Beyond the campus context: Reducing stress among students and community members through virtual canine comfort modules
Research continues to demonstrate the stress-reducing benefits of in-person interactions with therapy dogs, especially among students engaged within educational contexts. However, less is known about the potential of virtual interactions with therapy dogs to reduce stress among post-secondary students and if such benefits might extend to members of the general community. Accordingly, the aim of this study was twofold. First, we explored how a vir…
Exploring Homeless Children’s Experiences With Companion and Other Animals
Few studies in the field of human–animal interactions explore homeless children’s experiences with animals, even though many homeless families have experiences with companion, support, and other types of animals. We addressed this knowledge gap and explored homeless children’s experiences with animals as represented in their artwork and participant observations. Participants included 24 children (8 girls; 16 boys; aged 5–14 years) living in a hom…
Psychology (11 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (9 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (5 works) · Animal welfare (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Animal-assisted therapy (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Pet therapy (4 works)