Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychological Handling

Physical manipulation of animals and humans to induce a behavioral or other psychological reaction. In experimental psychology, the animal is handled to induce a stress situation or to study the effects of gentling or mothering.

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Abstract

Physical manipulation of animals and humans to induce a behavioral or other psychological reaction. In experimental psychology, the animal is handled to induce a stress situation or to study the effects of gentling or mothering.

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4 entry terms
  • Handling (Psychology)
  • Handling, Psychological
  • Handling, Psychology
  • Psychology Handling

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Indexing Annotation

human & animal

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History Note

2020 (1965); was HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY) 1964-2019

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  1. F01.658w.556

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychological Handling. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006234. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006234
  2. Psychological Handling. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69905214