Pampered or pariah: does animal type influence the interaction between animal attitude and empathy?

Research into the interaction between deliberate harm of animals and potential risk for human directed violence has burgeoned in the past two decades. In light of an underlying premise that attitudes are predictive of behaviour, a number of researchers have examined demographic and personality varia...

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Authors: Signal, T. (Author) ; MacLean, A.S. (Author) ; Taylor, N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 5, Pages: 527-537
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