Free the animals? Investigating attitudes toward animal testing in Britain and the United States: Personality and Social Sciences

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-276

  Swami, Viren ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Christopher, Andrew N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal testing; Animal welfare; Lay attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449101839     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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