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Attitudes Toward Animals Questionnaire

Attitudes Toward Animals Questionnaire Test

In about 4 minutes, it shows a child’s empathy, warmth, and comfort around pets. Quick, 18-item results are easy to score and support school or clinic decisions.

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October 2, 2025

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67/126

Attitudes Toward Animals (ATA)

Measures how friendly, interested, and caring a child tends to be toward domestic animals and pets.

Low affinity

Moderate affinity

High affinity

18 – 53: Low affinity | 54 – 89: Moderate affinity | 90 – 126: High affinity

A score of 67 falls in the Moderate affinity range, suggesting a generally positive but not strongly pronounced interest and friendliness toward pets.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

School-age children

44%OF USERS

Kids in primary and middle school take it to show how they feel about pets and how caring or indifferent they tend to be.

Parents and caregivers

33%OF USERS

Adults use it to better understand a child’s empathy and readiness for responsibility around animals at home or in the community.

Child-focused professionals

23%OF USERS

School psychologists, counselors, and clinicians include it in assessments to get a quick snapshot of a child’s socio-emotional traits and attitudes toward animals.

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Attitude Towards Animals Scale (ATAS)

Average

61.1

Normal range

45.5 — 76.7

min.

max.

126

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures a child’s attitudes toward pets, including interest, comfort, and willingness to care. Scores reflect general warmth versus indifference toward domestic animals.

Who is this questionnaire intended for?

It is intended for use with children in educational, clinical, or counseling settings. It is appropriate when a brief screening of attitudes toward pets is needed.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

Completion typically takes about 4 minutes. The questionnaire includes 18 items.

How should responses be completed?

Each item should be answered based on typical feelings and behavior, not rare exceptions. All items should be answered without extended reflection.

How should results be interpreted and used?

Results provide a brief snapshot of openness and friendliness toward animals and related socio-emotional traits. Findings are best interpreted alongside other information rather than used as a stand-alone decision tool.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Questionnaire on Attitudes Toward Animals Test

Attitudes Toward Animals Questionnaire Test

domestic animals ecology

This brief self-report measure assesses an individual’s attitudes toward companion animals, including affective reactions and evaluative beliefs. The Attitudes Toward Animals Questionnaire is intended to support clinical or school-based screening by characterizing openness, comfort, and concern related to animals. It is typically completed as a questionnaire of 18 items in about 4 minutes.

Item responses can be summarized to provide an overall index of animal-related attitudes that may be considered alongside broader social-emotional and behavioral information. The Attitudes Toward Animals Questionnaire is attributed to Harold A. Herzog and Gordon M. Burghardt and is best interpreted within a comprehensive assessment that accounts for developmental level, context, and response style.

Author: Gordon M. Burghardt, Harold A. Herzog

Literature: Paul, E. S. Measuring emotional processes in human–animal interaction: The development of the animal empathy scale. Anthrozoös. 2000.; Templer, D. I., Salter, C. A., Dickey, S., Baldwin, R., & Veleber, D. M. The construction of a pet attitude scale. The Psychological Record. 1981.

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