Kwestionariusz postaw wobec zabiegów na zwierzętach jako metoda badania lęku kastracyjnego
Questionnaire on attitudes toward animal procedures as a method of studying castration anxiety

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to construct and test the value of the Attitudes Toward Animal Treatment Questionnaire as a projective tool for measuring castration anxiety in men. An exploratory factor analysis of the tool was conducted to identify questionnaire scales potentially exploring castration anxiety, followed by examining their relationships with constructs recognized by theorists as related to castration anxiety: sexism and the quality of parental attitudes expressed by the mother and father. The study involved 61 men aged 18 to 72 years. The Health Anxiety scale showed associations suggesting the exploration of castration anxiety. The Masculinity scale did not show statistically significant relationships with the variables examined. The Compassion scale, not thematically related to castration anxiety, did not show relationships suggesting the exploration of castration anxiety. The results provide support for the theoretical validity of the tool and indicate a direction for future validation studies.

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