How Ethical Ideologies Relate to Public Attitudes toward Animals: The Dutch Case

Su, Bingtao; Martens, Pim

doi:10.1080/08927936.2018.1434056

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“…Demographic factors, such as gender, age, educational level, or socioeconomic status are associated with Animal Welfare Attitudes [2,3]. Previous work across many countries has revealed gender differences with girls and women expressing higher pro-animal welfare attitudes than boys and men in many studies, review papers and in a meta-analysis of the literature [2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Animal Welfare Attitudes: Effects of Gender and Diet in University Samples from 22 Countries

Randler

Adán

Antofie

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Animal Welfare Attitudes (AWA) are defined as human attitudes towards the welfare of animals in different dimensions and settings. Demographic factors, such as age and gender are associated with AWA. The aim of this study was to assess gender differences among university students in a large convenience sample from twenty-two nations in AWA. A total of 7914 people participated in the study (5155 women, 2711 men, 48 diverse). Participants completed a questionnaire that collected demographic data, typical diet and responses to the Composite Respect for Animals Scale Short version (CRAS-S). In addition, we used a measure of gender empowerment from the Human Development Report. The largest variance in AWA was explained by diet, followed by country and gender. In terms of diet, 6385 participants reported to be omnivores, 296 as pescatarian, 637 ate a vegetarian diet and 434 were vegans (n = 162 without answer). Diet was related with CRAS-S scores; people with a vegan diet scored higher in AWA than omnivores. Women scored significantly higher on AWA than men. Furthermore, gender differences in AWA increased as gender inequality decreased.

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Animal Welfare Attitudes: Effects of Gender and Diet in University Samples from 22 Countries

Randler

Adán

Antofie

et al. 2021

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“…Understanding the attitudes that younger generations have toward animals may help us to understand the sustainability of future societies, as our attitude towards animals are central in the sustainability debate. Many factors including gender, age, nationality/ethnicity, residence area, animal-related activities and hobbies, food habits, culture/religion, education, and pet ownership are associated with people’s attitudes toward animals [8,9]. The present study was conducted among high school students in Belgium and the Netherlands.…”

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Attitudes of Young Adults toward Animals—The Case of High School Students in Belgium and The Netherlands

Martens

Hansart

2019

Animals

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The social context and culture in which individuals grow shapes their perspectives through life. Early on, children learn about animals through storybooks, animated movies, toys, and through interactions with pets and wildlife, and will slowly start to build beliefs around those experiences. Their attitudes towards animals will be influenced by a number of factors, including: sex, age, nationality/ethnicity, residence area, animal-related activities and hobbies, food habits, culture/religion education, and pet ownership. A case study of Dutch and Belgian high school students (aged 12–21) investigated the attitudes of young people towards animals. By using the Animal Attitude Scale (AAS) and the Animal Issue Scale (AIS) questionnaires, our study shows that levels of concern for animal welfare were distinctly higher among: female participants; those who ate little to no meat; Belgian students; pet owners; and those who had been to a zoo at least once. In general, students who reported having more contact with animals also had more positive attitudes towards animals. To understand younger generations and their attitudes toward animals is to understand how future generations will look towards and treat our fellow animals, with which we share the planet Earth.

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“…More recent studies by Su & Martens [18,26] also confirmed these results, showing that higher idealism scorers are more likely to have a more positive attitude toward animals and a lower acceptability for harming animals. However Su & Martens [18,26] slightly deviate from older studies [16,17] whereby they find that high scorers of ethical relativism are more likely to have a more negative attitude toward animals only in China [18], but not in their Dutch sample [20]. Su & Martens argued that the differences between both samples might stem from the difference between being a developed and developing country, respectivily [18].…”

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“…Most research about belief and attitude shows that attitudes toward animals are closely related to some determinants such as age [1][2][3], household income [4], education [5][6][7], pet ownership [8][9][10], geographic region [11,12] and religion [8,[13][14][15]. Regarding the latter, despite limited studies on the relationship between religious belief and public attitudes toward animals, there are growing investigations which confirm the relationship between ethical ideologies and public attitudes towards animals [16][17][18][19][20] as well as between ethical ideologies and religious orientation [21][22][23][24].…”

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“…One area, focusing on the correlation between religious affiliation and the treatment of animals, showed mix results. In some cases, religious practice is negatively correlated with positive animal attitudes [20,28,29], whilst in others there are no significant differences [17,30]. Another area focuses on the kind of animal being put into consideration.…”

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Do religious beliefs influence concerns for animal welfare? the role of religious orientation and ethical ideologies in attitudes toward animal protection amongst Muslim teachers and school staff in East Java, Indonesia

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There is ample research supporting White’s (1967) thesis, which postulates that religion and religious belief inhibit ecological concerns. This study thus seeks to explore the relationship between individuals’ acceptability for harming animals as one representation of ecological concern (measured using Animal Issue scale (AIS)) and their religious belief (measured using Religious Orientation Scale (ROS)) and ethical ideology (measured using Ethical Position Questionnaire (EPQ)). The study surveyed 929 Muslim teachers and school staff in East Java, Indonesia. We found that ROS correlates with EPQ whereby intrinsic personal (IP) relates with idealism while extrinsic social religious orientation (ES)—where religion is perceived as an instrument for social gain, membership and support—relates with relativism. However, using multiple regression analysis to examine both EPQ and ROS relation to acceptability for harming animals suggests mixed results. We found that, idealism and IP relate to a lower acceptability for harming animals, while relativism and ES correlate to a higher acceptability for harming animals. In another model where we calculate all the main variables with all the demographical and other determinants, we found that only ROS consistently relates to acceptability for harming animals. Additionally, we identify, explain and discuss significant demographic determinants along with this study’s limitations.

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How Ethical Ideologies Relate to Public Attitudes toward Animals: The Dutch Case

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

Animal Welfare Attitudes: Effects of Gender and Diet in University Samples from 22 Countries

Animal Welfare Attitudes: Effects of Gender and Diet in University Samples from 22 Countries

Attitudes of Young Adults toward Animals—The Case of High School Students in Belgium and The Netherlands

Do religious beliefs influence concerns for animal welfare? the role of religious orientation and ethical ideologies in attitudes toward animal protection amongst Muslim teachers and school staff in East Java, Indonesia

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