Companion Animal Attitude and its Family Pattern in Kuwait

Al‐Fayez, Ghenaim; Awadalla, Abdelwahid; Templer, Donald I.; Arikawa, Hiroko

doi:10.1163/156853003321618819

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“…Another consideration identified by Brown (2002) is that in some cultures there is little tradition of pet keeping. Traub, Robertson, Irwin, Mencke and Thompson (2005) highlight the diseases transmitted by dogs in India including rabies, whereas Al Fayez, Awadalla, Templer and Arikawa (2003) argue that different cultural attitudes to companion animals have economic roots because in poorer societies the priority is to feed the population rather than indulge pets. In a multi-cultural society such as the United Kingdom there will be some children who espouse their family traditions of viewing animals as inappropriate as companions.…”

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Potential sources of support for children who have been emotionally abused by parents

Doyle

Timms

Sheehan

2010

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

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The aim of the research was to explore potential sources of support for children who are emotionally abused by their parent figures. Twelve children, aged 7-15 years, reflecting diversity within the UK population, acted as consultants. A questionnaire based on a vignette was developed with the advice of these 12 children and was sanctioned by ethics advisors. The questionnaire was distributed to 15 different schools and was completed by 2220 children aged 9-13 years. The respondents identified the extended family as the most important source of support, with grandparents achieving the highest scores. Two other prominent potential helpers were "a friend" and "ChildLine", a UK telephone helpline for children. Teachers, social workers, health professionals, religious figures and pets were also deemed important sources of assistance by the participants. The prominence of the extended family as a major support was consistent across the various pupil groups. This was an unanticipated finding because some schools were based in communities experiencing considerable dislocation or serving new migrant populations where extended families were no longer close to hand. The findings have implications for the management of cases of child emotional abuse.

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Potential sources of support for children who have been emotionally abused by parents

Doyle

Timms

Sheehan

2010

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

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“…If the pet-enhancement bias is a type of self-bias, then people in Eastern cultures may not be as prone to seeing their pets as better than average. Also, there may be some regions, such as the Middle East, where companion animals are not as valued as they are in the United States (Al-Fayez, Awadalla, Templer, & Arikawa, 2003). In addition, there are ethnic differences in the type of relationship that is formed with one's pet and the way in which pet attachment is expressed (S. Brown, 2002;Siegel, 1995).…”

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Reigning Cats and Dogs: A Pet-Enhancement Bias and Its Link to Pet Attachment, Pet-Self Similarity, Self-Enhancement, and Well-Being

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Webb³

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Basic and Applied Social Psychology

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“…One such sign concerns the fact that an increasing number of people in Muslim countries are beginning to keep dogs as companions-a trend that is often viewed as a symptom of Western influence. In a recent study from Kuwait, for example, the increased tendency of Kuwaitians to accept dogs as companions has been attributed to the powerful international reach of such Western-dominated media as film, satellite television, and the Internet, all of which tend to present the dog in a favored light (Al-Fayez, Awadalla, Templer, & Arikawa, 2003).…”

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Princely Companion or Object of Offense? The Dog’s Ambiguous Status in Islam

Berglund

2014

Soc Animals

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Negative attitudes toward dogs are common in Muslim societies. Thus, in studying both past and present Muslim writings on dogs, a contradictory picture emerges, indicating that Muslim attitudes toward dogs have had their ambiguities. At times the dog has been presented as the lowest, filthiest, and vilest of creatures, and at times the dog appears as a perfect role model, exemplifying qualities like loyalty, devotion, and selfsacrifice. There are signs that attitudes toward dogs are changing in some Muslim soci eties. One such sign is that an increasing number of people in Muslim countries are now keeping dogs as companion animals. The following research will be used to highlight ambiguities as well as changes in order to not only better understand the position of the dog within Islam, but also to provide a very concrete example of how interpretations of religions are not isolated or single but are dependent on context. Negative attitudes toward dogs are common in Muslim societies, and manyMuslims consider the dog to be an unclean animal. It is said, for example, that the prayers of Muslims will be invalidated if a dog wanders by a praying per son; and the Swedish media has occasionally run stories about Muslim taxi drivers who refused to transport dogs in their vehicles. In 2002 Iran imposed a ban on public dog walking (Foltz, 2006, p. 132); and, according to the major Islamic schools of law, when a dog has eaten from a bowl it must be washed at least seven times to be fit for human usage (Bakhtiar, 1996, p. 13).

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Companion Animal Attitude and its Family Pattern in Kuwait

Cited by 39 publications

References 16 publications

Potential sources of support for children who have been emotionally abused by parents

Potential sources of support for children who have been emotionally abused by parents

Reigning Cats and Dogs: A Pet-Enhancement Bias and Its Link to Pet Attachment, Pet-Self Similarity, Self-Enhancement, and Well-Being

Princely Companion or Object of Offense? The Dog’s Ambiguous Status in Islam

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