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

S Knight, L Barnett�- Anthrozo�s, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
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�…

Using grounded theory to examine people's attitudes toward how animals are used

A Vrij, K Nunkoosing, S Knight, J Cherryman�- Society & Animals, 2003 - brill.com
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�…

Attitudes towards animal use and belief in animal mind

S Knight, A Vrij, J Cherryman, K Nunkoosing�- Anthrozo�s, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
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)�…

[HTML][HTML] Some animals are more equal than others: Validation of a new scale to measure how attitudes to animals depend on species and human purpose of use

A Bradley, N Mennie, PA Bibby, HJ Cassaday�- PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
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�…

Human rights, animal wrongs? Exploring attitudes toward animal use and possibilities for change

K Bard, S Knight, A Vrij, D Brandon�- Society & Animals, 2010 - brill.com
Presented here are three research studies examining psychological characteristics
underlying attitudes toward the use of nonhuman animals: beliefs and value systems; their�…

Attitudes toward animal use

JW Driscoll�- Anthrozo�s, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
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�…

Science versus human welfare? Understanding attitudes toward animal use

S Knight, A Vrij, K Bard, D Brandon�- Journal of social issues, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
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 &�…

Man's best friends: attitudes towards the use of different kinds of animal depend on belief in different species' mental capacities and purpose of use

MJ Higgs, S Bipin, HJ Cassaday�- Royal Society Open�…, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The animal purpose questionnaire (APQ) is a new instrument to measure human attitudes to
animal use systematically across both species and purpose of use. This offers a more fine�…

The relationship between types of human–animal interaction and attitudes about animals: An exploratory study

MK Mueller�- Anthrozo�s, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Existing theory and research suggests that understanding the nuances of particular
instantiations of human–animal relationships is important in promoting positive, mutually�…

Psychological mechanisms in the human use of animals

S Plous�- Journal of social issues, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
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�…