Social scientists are increasingly interested in beliefs about farm animal well-being and the factors that predict these beliefs. Yet little attention has been given to the role of values, which social psychologists consider to be the building blocks of human cognition. This study draws from research on values in the environmental social sciences to examine the relationship between environmental values and Americans’ beliefs about farm animal well-being. It also makes a methodological contribution by demonstrating the importance of measuring beliefs about farm animal well-being on large industrial and small family farms separately. A series of paired sample t-tests finds Americans believe the well-being of farm animals on large industrial farms is significantly worse than on small family farms. Multiple regression results reveal the importance of environmental values, as well as various demographic factors, in understanding beliefs about farm animal well-being. They also suggest the presence of direct and indirect effects of values on beliefs. Implications and avenues for further research are discussed.

社会科学家对关于农场动物福祉的信念以及预测这些信念的因素越来越感兴趣。然而，人们对价值的作用却很少关注，社会心理学家认为价值观是人类认知的基础。这项研究基于对环境社会科学价值观的研究，旨在考察环境价值观与美国人对农场动物福祉的信念之间的关系。它还通过论证在大型工业农场和小型家庭农场分别衡量关于农场动物福祉的信念的重要性，对方法学做出了贡献。一系列成对的t检验样本发现，美国人认为大型工业农场的农场动物的健康状况显着低于小型家庭农场。多元回归结果表明，在理解有关农场动物福祉的信念时，环境价值以及各种人口统计学因素的重要性。他们还暗示了价值观对信念的直接和间接影响。讨论了进一步研究的意义和途径。