Bennett-Levy and Marteau procedures

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The study investigated people’s responses to a range of 29 small, harmless animal species

The participants were a sample of 113 patients at a local health clinic, who were randomly allocated to one of two questionnaires

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Sixty-four participants (34 female & 30 male; mean age 35.5 years )completed Questionnaire 1

Forty-nine participants (25 female & 24 male; mean age 35.1 years) completed Questionnaire 2

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Participants were informed that the animals listed were not harmful and this was written next to animals where there may be any doubt (e.g. Grass snake)

Questionnaire 1: Fear – participants rated how afraid they were of each species on a scale of 1-3 (1=not afraid; 2=quite afraid; 3=very afraid)

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Questionnaire 1: Nearness – participants rated how they would respond to being close to each species on a scale of 1-5 (1=enjoy picking it up; 5=move further away than 6 feet ect)

As some animals would be difficult to pick up in the wild participants were asked to imagine the animal was injured, e.g. a bird with a broken wing

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Questionnaire 2 asked about participants’ perceptions of the characteristics of the same 29 species as in Questionnaire 1

Questionnaire 2: participants rated each species on a 3-point scale (1=not; 2=quite; 3=very) on four characteristics; UGLY, SLIMY, SPEEDY, how SUDDENLY they appear to MOVE

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Sixty-four participants (34 female & 30 male; mean age 35.5 years )completed Questionnaire 1

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Forty-nine participants (25 female & 24 male; mean age 35.1 years) completed Questionnaire 2

Card 3

Front

Participants were informed that the animals listed were not harmful and this was written next to animals where there may be any doubt (e.g. Grass snake)

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Card 4

Front

Questionnaire 1: Nearness – participants rated how they would respond to being close to each species on a scale of 1-5 (1=enjoy picking it up; 5=move further away than 6 feet ect)

Back

Card 5

Front

Questionnaire 2 asked about participants’ perceptions of the characteristics of the same 29 species as in Questionnaire 1

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Bennett-Levy and Marteau procedures