Personality And Attitudes Toward The Treatment Of Animals
Examines the relationship between personality and attitudes toward the treatment of animals, based on the Sixteen Personality Factor Inventory and the Animal Attitudes Scale.
Examines relationship between personality and attitudes toward the treatment of animals by administering the Sixteen Personality Factor Inventory and the Animal Attitudes Scale to 99 college students.
The personality scales were only weakly related to attitudes about animal welfare issues.
Sensitivity and imaginativeness, were significantly correlated with attitudes towards animals.
Gender and sensitivity explained 25% of the variance in attitudes, with most of the variance accounted for by gender.
OTHER TOPICSSteve Matthews, Harold Herzog, Jr., Western Carolina University, 1997 United States (Regional)
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