The development of a brief version of the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (Brief-LAPS).

ABSTRACT: Several questionnaire-based instruments have been developed to measure pet owners' attachments to their pets, but they are often lengthy, which likely limits their use in studies where respondent fatigue and data collection costs are concerns. One of these is the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (LAPS) which has been increasingly used in recent years. It consists of 23 items addressing owners' levels of attachment to their pets. A total attachment score (full LAPS), and 3 sub-scores on the sub-dimensions of General Attachment, People Substitution, Animal Rights/Welfare, can be calculated. The current paper describes the development of a brief-version of the LAPS (Brief-LAPS). We first provide an overview of existing research where the LAPS is used. Then, to develop the Brief-LAPS, we use

SUBMITTER: Lund TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12439530 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature