Roscoe B, Haney S, Peterson K L
Adolescence. 1986 Winter;21(84):807-14.
This study investigated adolescents' ratings of various forms of child and pet maltreatment. Participants (N = 614) rated the seriousness of 20 vignettes (10 focusing on abuse; 10 focusing on neglect) on the potential harm each had to a child's or pet's welfare. Two instruments were administered. Half the adolescents completed the child maltreatment instrument first, while the rest completed the pet maltreatment instrument. Six weeks later all participants were administered the alternative instrument. Surveys were identical except that in one the victim was a three-year-old child and in the other it was a one-year-old pet dog. Results indicated adolescents were: highly critical of parental and owner acts which constitute maltreatment, more disapproving of abusive than neglectful acts, less tolerant of inappropriate actions directed toward a child than toward a pet, and more tolerant of the use of physical force toward a child if they had at some time been the person primarily responsible for the care of a pet.
本研究调查了青少年对各种形式的儿童和宠物虐待行为的评级。参与者（N = 614）对20个 vignettes（10个聚焦于虐待；10个聚焦于忽视）对儿童或宠物福利的潜在危害的严重程度进行了评级。使用了两种工具。一半的青少年先完成儿童虐待工具，其余的则完成宠物虐待工具。六周后，所有参与者都接受了另一种工具。调查内容相同，只是其中一个的受害者是一个三岁的孩子，另一个是一只一岁的宠物狗。结果表明，青少年：对构成虐待的父母和主人行为高度批评，对虐待行为比对忽视行为更不赞同，对针对儿童的不当行为比对宠物的容忍度更低，并且如果他们曾在某个时候主要负责照顾宠物，对使用武力对待儿童的容忍度更高。
