J Jamieson
Adolescents care but don't feel responsible for farm animal welfare
Jamieson, J; Reiss, M J; Allen, D; Asher, L; Parker, M O; Wathes, C M; Abeyesinghe, S M
Authors
M J Reiss
D Allen
L Asher
M O Parker
C M Wathes
S M Abeyesinghe
Abstract
Adolescents are the next generation of consumers with the potential to raise standards of farm animal welfare—to theirsatisfaction—if their preferences and concerns are translated into accurate market drivers and signals. There are no published data about adolescent views of farm animal welfare to allow meaningful design, implementation, and evaluation of educational strategies to improve consideration of—and behavior toward—farm animals. Knowledge of farm animal welfare, as well as beliefs and attitudes about farm animal welfare and behavioral intention relevant to it were determined in a sample of ukadolescents, using a survey incorporating an extended version of the theory of planned behavior and novel assessment tools. Our results indicate that adolescents have only a limited knowledge of welfare problems for farm animals and welfare-relevant product labels. Intentions to identify welfare standards for the animals from whom their food was derived were weak. Although they cared about farm animal welfare and agreed with fundamental principles—for example, the provision of space and the absence of pain and suffering—like adults they held limited belief in the power and responsibility that they possess through their choices as consumers; responsibility was often shifted to others, such as the government and farmers.
Citation
Jamieson, J., Reiss, M. J., Allen, D., Asher, L., Parker, M. O., Wathes, C. M., & Abeyesinghe, S. M. (2015). Adolescents care but don't feel responsible for farm animal welfare. Society and Animals, 23(3), 269-297. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341283
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 1, 2014 |
Publication Date | Jul 14, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Nov 11, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 14, 2018 |
Journal | Society and Animals |
Print ISSN | 1063-1119 |
Electronic ISSN | 1568-5306 |
Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 269-297 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341283 |
Public URL | https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1400216 |
Additional Information | Corporate Creators : IOE, Nottingham, Queen Mary London, RSPCA |
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