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Children’s attitudes towards animal cruelty: Exploration of predictors and socio-demographic variations

Roxanne D. HawkinsDivision of Psychology, School of Media, Culture and Society, The University of West Scotland, Paisley, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
, Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals &
Joanne M. WilliamsClinical and Health Psychology, School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Pages 226-247 | Received 05 Feb 2019, Accepted 25 Jun 2019, Published online: 14 Aug 2019

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Laura M. Wauthier, Steve Farnfield & Joanne M. Williams. (2023) A Preliminary Exploration of the Psychological Risk Factors for Childhood Animal Cruelty: The Roles of Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Empathy. Anthrozoös 36:3, pages 447-469.
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Laura M. Wauthier & Joanne M. Williams. (2022) Understanding and Conceptualizing Childhood Animal Harm: A Meta-Narrative Systematic Review. Anthrozoös 35:2, pages 165-202.
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Joanne M. Williams, Mayra Padilla Cardoso, Silvia Zumaglini, Amy L. Finney & Monja A. Knoll. (2022) “Rabbit Rescuers”: A School-Based Animal Welfare Education Intervention for Young Children. Anthrozoös 35:1, pages 55-73.
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Claire S. E. Giraudet, Kai Liu, Alan G. McElligott & Mia Cobb. (2022) Are children and dogs best friends? A scoping review to explore the positive and negative effects of child-dog interactions. PeerJ 10, pages e14532.
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Laura M. Wauthier, Steve Farnfield & Joanne M. Williams. (2022) The role of attachment in children’s relationships with pets: From pet care to animal harm. Human-Animal Interactions.
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António Almeida & Rafael Sumozas. (2022) How photos can affect children's perception of animal welfare: A study involving pupils from Portugal and Spain. Children & Society.
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Isobel Voysey, Lynne Baillie, Joanne Williams & J. Michael Herrmann. (2022) Influence of Animallike Affective Non-verbal Behavior on Children’s Perceptions of a Zoomorphic Robot. Influence of Animallike Affective Non-verbal Behavior on Children’s Perceptions of a Zoomorphic Robot.
Roxanne D. Hawkins, Charlotte Robinson & Zara P. Brodie. (2022) Child–Dog Attachment, Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology: The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Behaviours. Behavioral Sciences 12:4, pages 109.
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Lynett Henderson Metzger, Laura Meyer & Lavita NadkarniLynett Henderson Metzger, Laura Meyer & Lavita Nadkarni. 2022. Animal Maltreatment Evaluation Basics for Mental Health Practitioners, Students, and Educators. Animal Maltreatment Evaluation Basics for Mental Health Practitioners, Students, and Educators 17 32 .
Roxanne D. Hawkins, Bianca D.M. Hatin & Eszter O. Revesz. (2021) Accuracy of Canine vs. Human Emotion Identification: Impact of Dog Ownership and Belief in Animal Mind. Human-animal interaction bulletin 2021.
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Jose Luis Gomez-Melara, Rufino Acosta-Naranjo, Patricia Izar, Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah, Jordi Pladevall, Risma Illa Maulany, Putu Oka Ngakan, Bonaventura Majolo, Teresa Romero & Federica Amici. (2021) A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Link between Modernization, Anthropomorphism and Attitude to Wildlife. Sustainability 13:23, pages 13095.
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Carmen Glanville, Jennifer Ford, Rebecca Cook & Grahame J. Coleman. (2021) Community Attitudes Reflect Reporting Rates and Prevalence of Animal Mistreatment. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8.
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Marc O. Williams, Lorraine Whitmarsh & Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost. (2021) The association between anthropomorphism of nature and pro-environmental variables: A systematic review. Biological Conservation 255, pages 109022.
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