Felthous A R
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1980 Spring;10(3):169-77. doi: 10.1007/BF01433629.
In order to investigate the nature of animal cruelty in childhood two groups of male psychiatric patients were compared: an Animal Cruelty Group and an Assaultive Group. Most in both groups showed other signs of aggression dyscontrol in childhood. Most in both groups were subjected to parental brutality. Emotional or physical unavailability of a father figure may be a common etiologic factor in childhood cruelty to animals. This may compare with the absence of a father figure noted by several investigators in boys who set fires.
为了调查儿童期虐待动物行为的本质，对两组男性精神病患者进行了比较：虐待动物组和攻击行为组。两组中的大多数人在童年时期都表现出其他攻击行为失控的迹象。两组中的大多数人都遭受过父母的虐待。父亲角色在情感或身体上的缺失可能是儿童期虐待动物行为的一个常见病因。这可能与一些研究人员在纵火男孩身上发现的父亲角色缺失情况相类似。
