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 (Unpublished)

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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, W. D. and Preece, D.

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Unpublished

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