Chinese College Students’ Attitudes towards Animal Welfare

Understanding the attitude of stakeholders towards animals is critical for the development and improvement of animal welfare in a country. College students from veterinary, animal, and life sciences majors represent future key stakeholders that will interact with professionals from animal industries. Therefore, it is critical to understand these college students’ attitudes towards animals and their knowledge about animal welfare. The present survey aimed to investigate Chinese college students’ concerns towards different animal classes (i.e., pets, farm, laboratory, and wild animals) through the animal Sentient and Five Freedoms models. Chinese college students from different majors (i.e., related to animal sciences or not) scored very well in their attitude towards both the animal Sentient and Five Freedoms models, with differences depending on the animal class considered. Pets (dogs and cats) had better consideration for both animal Sentient and Five Freedoms models, followed by wild animals, while farm and laboratory animals were less considered. Veterinary science major students showed the strongest differences in attitudes depending on the animal classes considered compared to other majors. Furthermore, respondents showed better attitude scoring if they currently owned or had owned animals, had participated in animal welfare courses, or in laboratory work that involved animals. When compared to previous studies, our results suggest a general improvement of Chinese college students’ attitudes towards animals.

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COMPARING AMERICAN AND CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES, ANXIETY, AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AGING

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igx004.538 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽

pp. 133-133

Author(s):

G.Q. Zhan ◽

S.M. Pearcey ◽

R. Radomski ◽

D.R. Moodie

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Students Attitudes

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Chinese College Students’ Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: Exploring the Effects of Traditional Culture and Modernizing Factors

Sexuality Research and Social Policy ◽

10.1007/s13178-016-0223-3 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 158-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Kai Lin ◽

Deeanna M. Button ◽

Mingyue Su ◽

Sishi Chen

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Traditional Culture ◽

Attitudes Toward Homosexuality ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Students Attitudes

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Analysis of Chinese College Students’ Attitudes towards Brain Computer Interface

2018 International Conference on Education Technology, Economic Management and Social Sciences (ETEMSS 2018) ◽

10.23977/etemss.2018.1621 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Brain Computer Interface ◽

Computer Interface ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Students Attitudes

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Media exposure and Chinese college students’ attitudes toward China’s maritime claims and disputes in the South and East China Seas

Cogent Social Sciences ◽

10.1080/23311886.2018.1482995 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1482995

Author(s):

Hongyu Wang ◽

Tianji Cai ◽

Guangchao Charles Feng

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Media Exposure ◽

East China ◽

China Seas ◽

The South ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Students Attitudes

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Effect of Sport Media on Social Behaviour: The Attitude and Perception Change of Chinese College Students toward the International Media Reporting the Beijing Olympics

International Journal of Physical Education Fitness and Sports ◽

10.26524/ijpefs19413 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 125-141

Author(s):

Charlie Song ◽

Jianhua Zhang ◽

Aiguang Zhou ◽

Stu Ryan

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Behaviour ◽

Social Impact ◽

Media Effect ◽

Beijing Olympics ◽

International Media ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Mega Events ◽

Sport Media ◽

Students Attitudes

This study assessed the attitude and perceptions of college students in China before and immediately after the 2008 Beijing Olympics toward the international media's reporting of the Games and China. A total of 657 students from seven campuses eight months before the Olympics and 1,000 students from ten campuses immediately after the Olympics were randomly surveyed. The data analysis (independent t-Test) depicts that the students' attitudes and perceptions toward the international media had positively changed from the pre- to the post-Olympic surveys. One-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and Scheffe’s post hoc test results revealed that the survey respondents’ political preferences were the constant factors that influenced their attitude and perception change toward the international media. This study illustrates a media effect on changing the survey participants’ and their represented population’s attitude and perceptions toward the international media’s coverage of sport mega-events that is supported by the theories of mega-events and modernity, media communication and social behaviour, and social impact.

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A Case Study of Chinese College Students’ Attitudes Toward Only English-Medium Teaching in EFL Classrooms

Advances in Language and Literary Studies ◽

10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.2p.174 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Efl Classrooms ◽

Students Attitudes

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Development of a Chinese College Students' Attitudes Toward Sexual Swear Words Scale

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.664065 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Ying Wei ◽

Qingsong Chen

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Item Analysis ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Preliminary Test ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Validity Tests ◽

And Behavior

Sexual swear words are frequently used and considered vulgar and controversial in Chinese. The study of attitude is not only an important part of the study of swear words, but is also an important way for predicting their use. To date, few independent studies have been conducted on Chinese sexual swear words; those that have been conducted mostly focus on language ontology rather than language use. The studies have mainly used qualitative research methods, with a lack of empirical analysis and use of measurement tools. It is feasible and necessary to study college students as the object of sexual swear words because of the prevalence of “Zu'an culture” and the abuse of sexual swear words. Based on the current research status of Chinese swear words and the context of using swear words on campus, this paper combines the research of linguistic differences in swearing, psychological theories, and social science measurement theories and uses SPSS and Mplus statistical software to develop Chinese college students' attitudes toward Sexual Swear Words Scale. The participants consist of students from Zhejiang Normal University and other universities. A total of 262 college students participated in the preliminary test. Through item analysis and exploratory factor analysis, the formal scale was formed. A total of 608 college students were formally tested, and confirmatory factor analysis, reliability, and validity tests were carried out to produce the final scale. The scale contains three subscales: Cognition (17 items), Affection (17 items), and Behavior Tendency (15 items). The results show that each subscale model fits well, has good reliability and validity, and can be used as an important tool to measure attitudes of Chinese college students toward sexual swear words.

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