A Preliminary Exploration of the Psychological Risk Factors for Childhood Animal Cruelty: The Roles of Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Empathy

Wauthier, Laura M.; Farnfield, Steve; Williams, Joanne

doi:10.1080/08927936.2022.2125197

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“…The direction of the relationships is positive, with increasing beliefs in human-animal similarities and mental competence of animals (Hills 1995, Rothgerber andMican 2014), ethical approach to human-animal relationships (being vegan, vegetarian) (Filippi et al 2010) and gender (being female) (Apostol et al 2013), but negatively with variables such as cultural norms favoring human-animal distinctions (Prato-Previde et al 2022), negative experiences with animals (e.g., animal abuse) (Pagani et al 2007), and level of interpersonal aggression (Figueredo et al 2022). Although the outlined findings reveal the constructs associated with empathy towards animals, they point to the importance of the topic and suggest that more information is needed (Emauz et al 2016, Wauthier et al 2023, Giacomin et al 2023. Developing appropriate measurement methods and tools is a valid and reliable way to access this information.…”

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Hayvanlara Yönelik Empati Ölçeği Kısa Formunun Geliştirilmesi

OKUTAN

2023

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar

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This study aimed to develop the short form of the Animal Empathy Scale (AES-SF). To this end, the study first conducted the Turkish validity and reliability analyses of the long scale and the selection of the items for the short form. The construct validity of the eight-item short form of the scale was then tested in a separate sample. The construct validity of the scales was examined in the first sample using principal component analysis and in the second sample using confirmatory factor analysis. In both studies, the convergent validity of the scales was tested with related psychological traits. McDonald’s omega and item-total test correlation coefficients were used to assess the reliability of the scales. Test-retest reliability was also examined for the short form of the scale. The long form of the scale showed a two-factor structure, as did the original scale. The analyses indicated that the long scale was valid and reliable for Turkish culture. The confirmatory factor analysis results of the AES-SF supported the two-factor structure. Convergent validity analyses showed that the relationships were significant and in the expected direction. The correlation coefficients between the scores on the short and long forms of the scale are also high. Reliability scores also indicated that the short form provided accurate and stable measures. Furthermore, the validity and reliability coefficients of the short and long forms are close. According to these results, the AES-SF can be used as an alternative to the long form of the scale.

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Hayvanlara Yönelik Empati Ölçeği Kısa Formunun Geliştirilmesi

OKUTAN

2023

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar

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The role of attachment in children’s relationships with pets: From pet care to animal harm

Wauthier

Farnfield

Williams

2022

Human-Animal Interactions

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Relatively little is known about how attachment influences children’s relationships to pets or mediates positive and negative interaction outcomes. We carried out in-depth interviews with 27 children, including nine children at high-risk for animal harm and 18 matched controls. We used the Child Attachment Play Assessment (CAPA), a drawing task and self-report measures including the Short Attachment to Pets Scale (SAPS) and Children’s Animal Harm Behaviours (CAHB). We also designed a novel measure, the ‘Pets In Children’s Attachment Stories’ (PICAS), to probe children’s mentalising about pets, caregiving-behaviours, comfort from pet and parental help. Children at high risk of animal harm were more likely to be classified as insecure (p = 0.002). Drawings indicated secure children tended to feel closer to mothers (p = 0.014) and siblings (p = 0.007), while pets’ proximity did not vary according to attachment strategy. Although insecure children scored lower on mentalising (p = 0.013), caregiving behaviour (p = 0.028) and parental help (p = 0.002), both groups similarly used pets as sources of comfort. There were no differences between attachment patterns on SAPS but there were differences for CAHB scores (p = 0.048). Thus, although insecure attachment was an important risk factor for harming animals, secure and insecure children had similar capacity for bonding with their pets. These results have implications both for how we treat cases of childhood animal harm and for how we understand the supportive role pets can play in children’s lives.

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Sustainable Development of Children and Character Education: Bibliometric Analysis Using Vosviewer

Shinta,

Partino,

Suud

2024

RGSA

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Objective: This research aims to review various character education methods that impact children's sustainable intellectual, mental and character development. Method: The research method is a bibliometric study based on a literature review in the form of articles taken from publications in journals published and indexed by SCOPUS with the keywords "Character Education", "Empathy", and "Children's Education" in the period 2021 to 2024. Computational mapping analysis for bibliometric publication data using VOSviewer application. Result: The research results show that the articles used as references totalled 129 articles discussing character education, children's education and empathy. The results of the analysis with the help of VOSviewer show that character education is closely related to positive psychology and emotions, and children's education is closely related to compassion, intervention, and character strength. Based on density visualisation, research on empathy is always developing and is still being researched by researchers.

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A Preliminary Exploration of the Psychological Risk Factors for Childhood Animal Cruelty: The Roles of Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Empathy

Cited by 3 publications

References 74 publications

Hayvanlara Yönelik Empati Ölçeği Kısa Formunun Geliştirilmesi

Hayvanlara Yönelik Empati Ölçeği Kısa Formunun Geliştirilmesi

The role of attachment in children’s relationships with pets: From pet care to animal harm

Sustainable Development of Children and Character Education: Bibliometric Analysis Using Vosviewer

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