Ethnic Variations in Pet Attachment among Students at an American School of Veterinary Medicine

Brown, Sue-Ellen

doi:10.1163/156853003321618873

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“…White children showed more attachment to pets than non-white children. This is in line with previous research on children/young people's attachment to pets conducted in the United States (Brown 2003) and in Kuwait (AlFayez et al 2003). However, our findings disagreed with a study conducted in the UK in which white children were not found to be more attached to pets than non-white children (Westgarth et al 2013).…”

Section: Demographic Variations In Ownership and Attachment To Petssupporting

confidence: 91%

“…However, some have reported that as age increases, the attachment to pets seems to decrease (Davis and Juhasz 1985;Vanhoutte and Jarvis 1995;Vidovic et al 1999). Girls appear more attached to pets than boys (Brown 2003;Holcomb et al 1985;Kidd and Kidd 1980). There is a positive association between pet ownership in childhood and adulthood and greater attachment to pets (Crawford et al 2006;Vidovic et al 1999).…”

Section: Demographic Variations In Ownership and Attachment To Petsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a positive association between pet ownership in childhood and adulthood and greater attachment to pets (Crawford et al 2006;Vidovic et al 1999). Some studies report ethnic variation; for example higher attachment to pets in white children in comparison to black children (Brown 2003;Siegel 1995); others have not found any differences between white children and other ethnic groups (Westgarth et al 2013). To our knowledge, previous research has not reported any relationship between family wealth and rurality and attachment to pets in children.…”

Section: Demographic Variations In Ownership and Attachment To Petsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Short Attachment to Pets Scale (SAPS) for Children and Young People: Development, Psychometric Qualities and Demographic and Health Associations

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This study describes the development of the SAPS and investigates its reliability and validity within the context of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Survey (HBSC) which gathered data on representative samples of school pupils aged 11, 13 and 15 in Scotland and England. In the development of SAPS, following a comprehensive review of the literature, two small-scale empirical studies were carried out (one qualitative and one quantitative). Regarding the validation process, the reliability and validity of the SAPS was assessed in a sub-sample (n= 7159) of pupils who completed the HBSC survey and were identified as owning pets. Factor analysis resulted in a one-factor solution (explaining 67.78 % of the variance); Cronbach's alpha for the scale was 0.894. The item-total correlation ranged from 0.368 to 0.784. A linear model showed that attachment to pets was associated with age (being 11 or 13 years old), being a girl, white ethnicity, and considering a pet as one's own. SAPS scores were also positively associated with quality of life. The total variance in SAPS explained by these variables was 15.7 %. Effect sizes of associations were medium (age, considering a pet as one's own) and small (ethnicity, age, gender, quality of life). The study concludes that SAPS is a coherent and psychometrically sound measure. It is associated with a range of demographic variables and quality of life, which confirms its utility as a new succinct measure of children's and young people's attachment to pets for use in health and social science research.

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Section: Demographic Variations In Ownership and Attachment To Petssupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Demographic Variations In Ownership and Attachment To Petsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Demographic Variations In Ownership and Attachment To Petsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Indeed, African Americans-a disadvantaged social group-reported be ing less attached to animals and having fewer pets compared to White Americans (Brown, 2002). Virtually all of the participants in Pious's (1991) study conducted among animal rights activists were White.…”

Section: Im Ited R Esources Im Pede H U M An -A N Im Al R Elationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward a psychology of human–animal relations.

Amiot¹,

Bastian²

2015

Psychological Bulletin

277

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Nonhuman animals are ubiquitous to human life, and permeate a diversity of social contexts by providing humans with food and clothing, serving as participants in research, improving healing, and offering entertainment, leisure, and companionship. Despite the impact that animals have on human lives and vice versa, the field of psychology has barely touched upon the topic of human-animal relations as an important domain of human activity. We review the current state of research on human-animal relations, showing how this body of work has implications for a diverse range of psychological themes including evolutionary processes, development, normative factors, gender and individual differences, health and therapy, and intergroup relations. Our aim is to highlight human-animal relations as a domain of human life that merits theoretical and empirical attention from psychology as a discipline.

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“…Compared to Japanese students, British students have significantly more positive attitudes about pets (Miura et al, 2002). White Americans have more experience with pets and are more attached to pets than African Americans (Friedmann et al, 1983;Katcher & Beck, 1983;Siegel, 1995;Brown, 2002). Although behavioural comparison of dogs living in these cultures is lacking, we can assume that cultural differences (manifested in public attitude towards dogs, dog-keeping practices, and owner attitude) affect dogs' behaviour.…”

Section: Environmental Effects On Dog Personalitymentioning

confidence: 99%