Martens Pim, Hansart Camille, Su Bingtao
International Centre for Integrated assessment and Sustainable development (ICIS), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Animals (Basel). 2019 Mar 11;9(3):88. doi: 10.3390/ani9030088.
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.
个体成长所处的社会环境和文化会在其一生中塑造他们的观念。早期，孩子们通过故事书、动画电影、玩具以及与宠物和野生动物的互动来了解动物，并会逐渐围绕这些经历形成信念。他们对动物的态度会受到多种因素的影响，包括：性别、年龄、国籍/种族、居住地区、与动物相关的活动和爱好、饮食习惯、文化/宗教教育以及是否拥有宠物。一项针对荷兰和比利时高中生（年龄在12至21岁之间）的案例研究调查了年轻人对动物的态度。通过使用动物态度量表（AAS）和动物问题量表（AIS）问卷，我们的研究表明，在以下人群中对动物福利的关注程度明显更高：女性参与者；几乎不吃肉或完全不吃肉的人；比利时学生；宠物主人；以及至少去过一次动物园的人。总体而言，报告与动物有更多接触的学生对动物也有更积极的态度。了解年轻一代及其对动物的态度，就是要了解未来几代人将如何看待和对待与我们共同生活在地球这个星球上的其他动物。
