The importance of pets to FE/HE students in Northamptonshire

McCormick, W. D. and Preece, D. (2016) The importance of pets to FE/HE students in Northamptonshire. Invited Presentation presented to: Workshop, Cambridge Veterinary School, 25 January 2016. (Unpublished)

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Presentation)
Abstract:	The presentation looks at the functions of pet ownership - e.g. projection, sociability, surrogacy. It reports on a study undertaken at an FE/HE college investigating attitudes and interaction with pets of FE/HE students. The study found that: - the modified survey had very high internal reliability. - There was no significant difference in score according to age group. - There was a highly significant difference between log transformed attachment score by gender. - There was a highly significant difference between log transformed attachment score by pet type.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pets, attachment, students, wellbeing
Subjects:	Q Science > QL Zoology > QL85 Human-animal relationships H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ793 Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers S Agriculture > SF Animal culture > SF411 Pets
Creators:	McCormick, Wanda D and Preece, David
Northamptonshire and East Midlands:	Education, Training and Skills
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Moulton College University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Special Needs Education and Research University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Education and Research Research Centres > Centre for Education and Research
Date:	25 January 2016
Date Type:	Presentation
Event Title:	Workshop
Event Dates:	25 January 2016
Event Location:	Cambridge Veterinary School
Event Type:	Workshop
Language:	English
Status:	Unpublished
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/8149

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