Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1997
Abstract
The authors examined the relationship between personality and attitudes toward the treatment of animals by administering the Sixteen Personality Factor Inventory and the Animal Attitudes Scale to 99 college students. The personality scales were only weakly related to attitudes about animal welfare issues. Two personality factors, sensitivity and imaginativeness, were significantly correlated with attitudes towards animals. Gender and sensitivity explained 25% of the variance in attitudes, with most of the variance accounted for by gender.
Recommended Citation
Mathews, S., & Herzog, H. A. (1997). Personality and attitudes toward the treatment of animals. Society & Animals, 5(2), 169-175.
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Animal Studies Commons, Other Anthropology Commons, Social Psychology and Interaction Commons
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