This study uses qualitative methodology to examine why people have different attitudes
toward different types of nonhuman animal use. Seventeen participants took part in a semi�…

ABSTRACT “Animal use” is a contentious topic that refers to practices involving the
utilization of non-human animals by human beings. These practices often evoke strong and�…

Presented here are three research studies examining psychological characteristics
underlying attitudes toward the use of nonhuman animals: beliefs and value systems; their�…

Animals are used by humans in many ways, yet science has paid little attention to the study
of human–animal relationships (Melson 2002). In the present study, participants (n= 96)�…

Four hundred and ninety-five people completed a questionnaire in which they rated 35
specific examples of uses of different species of animals on a 5-point scale of�…

Scientists have been portrayed as having an uncaring attitude toward the use of animals
and being inclined to reject the possibility of animal mind (Baldwin, 1993; Blumberg &�…

Simple Summary Public engagement on issues related to animal research, including
exploration of public attitudes, provides a means of achieving socially acceptable scientific�…

Globally, many millions of animals are used by humans every year and much of this usage
causes public concern. A new scale, devised to measure attitudes to animal use in relation�…

American society uses millions of animals each day for food, recreation, and a variety of
other purposes, yet psychologists—in contrast to other social scientists—have devoted very�…

Research has shown that both individual difference characteristics (eg, sex, attachment to
pets) and study-specific characteristics (eg, type of animal used) influence the extent to�…