Effects of having pets at home on children's attitudes toward popular and unpopular animals

Anthrozoos

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-35

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b   Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale ^c  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals; Attitudes; Gender; Knowledge; Pets

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SLOVAKIA;

ANIMALIA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCIURIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 75949101659     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303710X12627079939107     Document Type: Article

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