Maddie's Insights - The Development of and Research on the Family Bondedness Scale (On-demand)

Maddie's® Insights are monthly webcasts with practical tips based on current research to help pets and people.  

The Family Bondedness Scale (FBS) was designed to measure scores which represent the degree to which a person is emotionally and affectionately bonded to a pet as a member of their family. This presentation will cover the development and use of and research to date on the FBS when measuring equivalence between cat and dog owners. Dr. Nugent will go over the rationale for the scale, what it is intended to measure, how it was developed, how scores on the scale should be interpreted and how it should be scored and used. He also discusses current research on the scale and the implications of the results in both veterinary research and practice.

Presenter: William R. Nugent, PhD, Professor at the College of Social Work, The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN

This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association. It has also been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval. Complete the quiz to earn continuing education credit for CAWA, NACA and RACE. RACE CE (non-medical) is available until 10/23/2025.

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