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Difference In Attitude Towards Animal Neglect And Animal Abuse

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This study explored attitudes toward animal abuse and animal and found that differences in attitudes steamed from gender. The same conclusion was found in differences in relationships by type of animal.

This study examines the relationship between attitudes toward animal abuse and attitudes towards animal neglect. The research also explores the differences in these relationships by type of animal (companion, farm, or wild) and gender. The study finds that attitudes do not vary by animal type, but do vary by gender.

683 college students were given the Attitudes Toward the Treatment of Animals Survey (ATTAS), which was analyzed statistically, including through factor analysis. Attitudes toward animal abuse and neglect were differentiated by both men and women, though the way in which this occurred varied by gender.

Men and women differed in regard to total empathy, with women having more than men, and the structure of their attitudes toward cruelty and neglect. Both groups differentiated between likely but unknown harm (such as animal testing) and explicit harm. However, women did not differentiate between death and injury to an animal in interpreting treatment as neglect or cruelty, as did men.

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Citations:

Bill C. Henry, Metropolitan State College of Denver, 2008 United States (National)

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Animals Used for Food Companion Animals Other Topics Wild Animals Animal Cruelty Attitudes English Psychology Farm Animals

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