Negative psychological aspects of working with experimental animals in scientific research

PeerJ

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Hanna Mamzer¹  Agnieszka Zok²  Piotr Białas³  Mirosław Andrusiewicz³ 

[1]Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

[2]Division of Philosophy of Medicine and Bioethics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences

[3]Chair and Department of Cell Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences

关键词: Negative psychological aspects;    Scientists;    Animals;    Laboratories;    Experiments;    Handling;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.11035

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY