The Status of Instrument Development in the Human–Animal Interaction Field

摘要: ABSTRACTAn overview of available instruments that assess characteristics human–animal interactions is provided, followed by a matrix 140 tools, what they measure, information on structure and properties, original published sources, citation, when available, to another study in which the tool was also used. Using Anderson's (2007) book Assessing Human–Animal Bond: A Compendium Actual Measures, as baseline, we systematically searched seven electronic databases. Suggested steps for future instrument development research include greater accessibility through manualizing, carefully naming, providing design conceptual rationales, defining key terms, describing revisions along with use scoring instructions, scores from several populations, including validity reliability data, taking long-term responsibility further refinement instruments.