Kidd R M, Kidd A H
V.A. Medical Center, Martinez, CA.
Psychol Rep. 1990 Jun;66(3 Pt 2):1391-4. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1990.66.3c.1391.
50 high school students, 25 boys and 25 girls, were individually interviewed using a series of open-ended questions to analyze the cognitive, affective, and behavioral factors in adolescents' attitudes toward their pets. It was hypothesized that cognitive elements would progress from the concrete operations stage to the formal operations stage, that empathy and perspective taking would continue developing, and that behavioral elements would be closely related to realistically assessed characteristics of pets. Although the data supported the second and third hypotheses, only 30 (60%) of the subjects had reached the formal operations stage of cognition. An unexpected finding was that a higher percentage of high school students than of the grade school students previously studied in 1985 indicated closeness to and love for their pets. Further research was suggested.
50名高中生，25名男生和25名女生，通过一系列开放式问题接受了单独访谈，以分析青少年对宠物态度中的认知、情感和行为因素。研究假设认知元素将从具体运算阶段发展到形式运算阶段，同理心和换位思考能力将持续发展，行为元素将与对宠物实际评估的特征密切相关。尽管数据支持了第二个和第三个假设，但只有30名（60%）受试者达到了认知的形式运算阶段。一个意外发现是，与1985年之前研究的小学生相比，高中生中表示与宠物亲密和喜爱宠物的比例更高。建议进行进一步研究。
