Justifying attitudes toward animal use: A qualitative study of people's views and beliefs

Anthrozoos

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-42

  Knight, Sarah ^a,b   Barnett, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b King Henry Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal use; Attitudes; Beliefs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41449092738     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279308X274047     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Ariuke, A. 1988. Sacrificial symbolism in animal experimentation: Object or pet? Anthrozoös 2: 98-117.
2. Armstrong, J. B. and Hutchins, M. E. 1996. Development of an attitude scale to measure attitudes toward humans' use of nonhuman animals. Perceptual and Motor Skills 82:1003-1010.
3. Ascione, F. R. 1992. Enhancing children's attitudes about the humane treatment of animals: Generalization to human-directed empathy. Anthrozoös 5:176-191.
4. Baron, R. A., Byrne, D. and Branscombe, N. R. eds. 2006. Social Psychology. 11th edn. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
5. Baumeister, R. F. 1982. A self-presentational view of social phenomena. Psychological Bulletin 91: 3-26.
6. Bowd, A. D. 1984. Fears and understanding of animals in middle children. Journal of Genetic Psychology 145: 143-144.
7. Bowd, A. D. and Bowd, A. C. 1989. Attitudes toward the treatment of animals: A study of Christian groups in Australia. Anthrozoös 3: 20-24.
8. Broida, J., Tingley, L, Kimball, R. and Miele, J. 1993. Personality differences between pro- and anti-vivisectionists. Society & Animals 1:129-144.
9. Broom, D. M. and Johnson, K. G. eds. 1993. Stress and Animal Welfare. London: Chapman and Hall.
10. Clough, C. E. and Kew, B. eds. 1993. The Animal Welfare Handbook London: Fourth Estate Limited.
11. Davey, G., Messer, D., Sterling, C, Albery, I. P., Chandler, C, Moore, S., Jones, D. and Field, A. 2004. Complete Psychology. Norfolk: Fakenham Photosetting Limited.
12. Decker, D. J. and Mattfield, G. E. 1988. Beyond guns and game hunters and hunting in New York. The Conservationist 43: 2-7.
13. Driscoll, J. W. 1992. Attitudes toward animal use. Anthrozoös 5: 32-39.
14. Eddy, T .J., Gallup, G. G. and Povinelli, D. J. 1993. Attribution of cognitive states to animals: Anthropomorphism in comparative perspective. Journal of Social Issues 49: 87-101.
15. Festinger, L. 1957. A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson.
16. Fynn, C. 2001. Acknowledging the zoological connection: A sociological analysis of animal cruelty. Society & Animals 9: 71-87.
17. Furnham, A. and Heyes, C. 1993. Psychology students' beliefs about animals and animal experimentation. Personality and Individual Differences 15:1-10.
18. Furnham, A. and Pinder, A. 1990. Young people's attitudes to experimentation on animals. The Psychologist October: 444-448.
19. Glaser, B. G. and Strauss, A. L. 1967. The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. New York: Aldine.
20. Guest, G., Bunce, A. and Johnson, L. 2006. How many interviews are enough? An experiment with data saturation and variability. Field Methods 18: 59-82.
21. Hagelin, J., Carlsson, H. E. and Hau, J. 2003. An overview of surveys on how people view animal experimentation: some factors that may influence the outcome. Public Understanding of Science 12: 67-81.
22. Heberlein, T. A. and Willebrand, T. 1998. Attitudes toward hunting across time and continents: The United States and Sweden. Game Wildlife 15: 1071-1080.
23. Herzog, H. A. 1988. The moral status of mice. American Psychologist 43: 473-474.
24. Herzog, H. A. 1993. "The movement is my life": The psychology of animal rights activism. Journal of Social Issues 49:103-119.
25. Herzog, H. A., Betchart, N. S. and Pittman, R. B. 1991. Gender, sex role orientation, and attitudes towards animals. Anthrozoös 4: 184-191.
26. Herzog, H. A. and Galvin, S. 1997. Common sense and the mental lives of animals: An empirical approach. In Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals, 237-253, ed. R. W. Mitchell. Albany: State University of New York Press.
27. Hills, A. M. 1995. Empathy and belief in the mental experience of animals. Anthrozoös 8:132-142.
28. Kellert, S. R. 1980. Public Attitudes toward Critical Wildlife and Habitat Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Fishing and Wildlife Service.
29. Knight, S., Nunkoosing, K., Vrij, A. and Cherryman, J. 2003. Using Grounded Theory to examine people's attitudes toward how animals are used. Society & Animals 11: 307-327.
30. Knight, S., Vrij, A., Cherryman, J. and Nunkoosing, K. 2004. Attitudes towards animal use and animal mind. Anthrozoös 17: 43-62.
31. Mehmood, S., Zhang, D. and Armstrong, J. 2003. Factors associated with declining hunting license sales in Alabama. Human Dimension of Wildlife 10: 249-257.
32. Patton. M. Q. 1990. Qualitative Evaluation Research Methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
33. Paul, E. S. and Serpell, J. A. 1993. Childhood pet keeping and humane attitudes in young adulthood. Animal Welfare 2: 321-337.
34. Pifer, L, Shimizu, K. and Pifer, R. 1994. Public attitudes toward animal research: Some international comparisons. Society & Animals 2: 95-113.
35. Pious, S. 1993. The role of animals in human society. Journal of Social Issues 49:1-9.
36. Pious, S. 1996. Attitudes toward the use of animals in psychological research and education. Psychological Science 7: 352-358.
37. Podberscek, A. L. 2005. Good to pet and eat: The consumption of cats and dogs in South Korea. Paper presented at 14th annual conference of the International Society for Anthrozoology, Niagara Falls, USA, July 11-12,2005.
38. Rajecki, D. W., Rasmussen, J. L. and Craft, H. D. 1993. Labels and the treatment of animals: Archival and experimental cases. Society & Animals 1: 45-60.
39. Robson, C. ed. 2002. Real World Research. 2nd edn. London: Blackwell Publishing.
40. Serpell, J. A. 1993. Science and the history of European attitudes to animals. In Science and the Human-Animal Relationship, 39-49, ed. E. K. Hicks. Amsterdam: SISWO Publications.
41. Strauss, A. and Corbin, J. 1990. Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques. Newbury Park: Sage.
42. Taylor, N. and Signal, T. D. 2005. Empathy and attitudes towards animals. Anthrozoös 18:18-27.
43. Turner, B. A. 1981. Some practical aspects of qualitative data analysis: one way of organising the cognitive processes associated with the generation of grounded theory. Quality and Quantity 15: 225-247.
44. Wells, D. L. and Hepper, P. G. 1997. Pet ownership and adults' views on the use of animals. Society & Animals 5: 45-63.