Veterinary education and experience shape beliefs about dog breeds. Part 2: Trust.

ABSTRACT: Dog breed stereotypes are frequently used to inform people's expectations about canine behavior, despite evidence that breed is largely uninformative in predicting individual dog behavior. Further, these beliefs differ among populations. However, it remains unknown how ratings of warmth toward a breed are associated with ratings of other social behavioral domains, and whether differences exist between populations with varying experience with dogs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate ratings of trust and warmth among survey respondents including veterinary students, veterinary faculty and staff, undergraduates in animal-health related majors and members of the general public. Using an online survey, respondents rated their likelihood to trust a dog in varying scenarios for 10 differen

SUBMITTER: Caddiell RMP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10449930 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature