In the Study of the Effect of Social Support by Friends

question 105

Multiple Choice

In the study of the effect of social support by friends versus pet dogs,Allen et al.(1991) found that women working on stressful tasks,relative to women doing the same tasks alone,

• A) were less stressed when they had a friend present.
• B) were less stressed when either a friend or their pet dog was present.
• C) were less stressed when their pet dog was present.
• D) were more stressed when their pet dog was present.

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