Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research
The aim of the study was to reveal the negative psychological aspects of using animals by scientists and to determine whether the emotional tensions and stress are associated with performing experiments on animals. All 150 participants of the study conduct experiments on animals in their work. Compu...
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| author | Hanna Mamzer Agnieszka Zok Piotr Białas Mirosław Andrusiewicz |
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| description | The aim of the study was to reveal the negative psychological aspects of using animals by scientists and to determine whether the emotional tensions and stress are associated with performing experiments on animals. All 150 participants of the study conduct experiments on animals in their work. Computer-assisted web interviewing, was used to collect the data. Correlation matrices for factorial analysis of main component loads and cluster analysis have been calculated as grouping methods revealed two different categories of researchers, which were mostly distinguished by acceptance and aversion to animal testing and animal welfare. The main findings demonstrated, that there is a group of respondents who feel discomfort when performing experiments on animals. Especially young people involved in animal testing, feel remorse, emotional tension and helplessness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0acdd62030a45c396c357f31884eb7a2023-12-03T09:59:31ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592021-04-019e1103510.7717/peerj.11035Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific researchHanna Mamzer0Agnieszka Zok1Piotr Białas2Mirosław Andrusiewicz3Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Greaterpoland, PolandDivision of Philosophy of Medicine and Bioethics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Greaterpoland, PolandChair and Department of Cell Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Greaterpoland, PolskaChair and Department of Cell Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Greaterpoland, PolskaThe aim of the study was to reveal the negative psychological aspects of using animals by scientists and to determine whether the emotional tensions and stress are associated with performing experiments on animals. All 150 participants of the study conduct experiments on animals in their work. Computer-assisted web interviewing, was used to collect the data. Correlation matrices for factorial analysis of main component loads and cluster analysis have been calculated as grouping methods revealed two different categories of researchers, which were mostly distinguished by acceptance and aversion to animal testing and animal welfare. The main findings demonstrated, that there is a group of respondents who feel discomfort when performing experiments on animals. Especially young people involved in animal testing, feel remorse, emotional tension and helplessness.https://peerj.com/articles/11035.pdfNegative psychological aspectsScientistsAnimalsLaboratoriesExperimentsHandling |
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| title | Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research |
| title_full | Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research |
| title_fullStr | Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research |
| title_short | Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research |
| title_sort | negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research |
| topic | Negative psychological aspects Scientists Animals Laboratories Experiments Handling |
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