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#12103. Understanding and Conceptualizing Childhood Animal Harm: A Meta-Narrative Systematic Review
| July 2026 | publication date |
| Proposal available till | 02-06-2025 |
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| Anthropology; Sociology and Political Science; Education; Animal Science and Zoology; Veterinary (miscellaneous); |
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Abstract:
This study reviews the current empirical and theoretical literature on Childhood Animal Cruelty. Four databases were searched for terms relating to children, animals, and harm in the title and keyword fields. We explore theories of Childhood Animal Cruelty in relation to the historical research strands and discuss how well they are supported by existing empirical evidence. We thematically classified empirical study findings, which showed that (1) environmental factors that predict Childhood Animal Cruelty include exposure to childhood adversity, especially experiences of violence and witnessing animal cruelty, (2) CAC is recurrent or has extreme links to later interpersonal violence, (3) psychological risk factors linked to CAC include externalizing disorders, lower empathy, lower self-esteem, poorer family functioning, and attitudes accepting of cruelty, (4) witnessing animal cruelty is a serious risk factor for a range of internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and (5) a range of psychosocial barriers exist in measuring and reporting CAC. Issues with measures, population selection, and definitions focusing only on more severe forms of CAC are factors that potentially constrain the generalizability of results. We highlight the need for appropriate definitions of CAC and methods of measurement and argue that the CAC literature is not well aligned with animal welfare legislation. We propose that CAC should be integrated into a broader spectrum of childhood behaviors toward animals.
Keywords:
Animal cruelty; animal harm; animal welfare; childhood; human–animal interaction
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Abstract:
This study reviews the current empirical and theoretical literature on Childhood Animal Cruelty. Four databases were searched for terms relating to children, animals, and harm in the title and keyword fields. We explore theories of Childhood Animal Cruelty in relation to the historical research strands and discuss how well they are supported by existing empirical evidence. We thematically classified empirical study findings, which showed that (1) environmental factors that predict Childhood Animal Cruelty include exposure to childhood adversity, especially experiences of violence and witnessing animal cruelty, (2) CAC is recurrent or has extreme links to later interpersonal violence, (3) psychological risk factors linked to CAC include externalizing disorders, lower empathy, lower self-esteem, poorer family functioning, and attitudes accepting of cruelty, (4) witnessing animal cruelty is a serious risk factor for a range of internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and (5) a range of psychosocial barriers exist in measuring and reporting CAC. Issues with measures, population selection, and definitions focusing only on more severe forms of CAC are factors that potentially constrain the generalizability of results. We highlight the need for appropriate definitions of CAC and methods of measurement and argue that the CAC literature is not well aligned with animal welfare legislation. We propose that CAC should be integrated into a broader spectrum of childhood behaviors toward animals.
Keywords:
Animal cruelty; animal harm; animal welfare; childhood; human–animal interaction
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