Empathy Towards Animals Scale
Daly & Morton · 2006
Overview
Measures the degree to which individuals experience empathic concern for animals — the capacity to understand and share the emotional states of non-human animals, and to feel concern for their welfare. Assesses both cognitive empathy (perspective-taking with animals) and affective empathy (emotional resonance with animal suffering or wellbeing). Developed to extend human empathy research to the human–animal relationship domain. Relevant for animal welfare research, conservation psychology, and understanding the psychological roots of pro-animal behavior.
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Citation
Daly, B., & Morton, L. L. (2006). An investigation of human–animal interactions and empathy as related to pet preference, ownership, attachment, and attitudes in children. Anthrozoös, 19(2), 113–127.
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