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The Behavioral Style of the Cat Predicts Owner Satisfaction
Anthrozoös ( IF 1.6 ) Pub Date : 2019-11-02 , DOI: 10.1080/08927936.2019.1673038
Greg C. Elvers 1 , Alexander N. Lawriw 1
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ABSTRACT A 9-item, reliable measure of owner satisfaction with their cat, the CatSat, was developed. Item response analysis indicated that the CatSat discriminates lower levels of satisfaction better than higher levels. Correlations between the CatSat and a measure of attachment to the cat (Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale) suggest that satisfaction and attachment are separate but somewhat related constructs. To predict owner satisfaction with their cat from owner personality and the behavioral style of the cat, 225 owners answered the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) Big Five personality test and rated their cat on 29 adjectives which were collapsed into six dimensions of the behavioral style of the cat. Results from a multiple regression analysis suggest that owner satisfaction with their cat is not reliably related to owner personality. Owners’ perceptions of how amiable and demanding their cat was accounted for approximately half of the variability in satisfaction with the cat. Amiable and less demanding cats were related to higher levels of cat satisfaction. There were no statistically reliable interactions between the personality of the owner and the behavioral style of the cat, although some interactions yielded small effect sizes. To increase owner satisfaction, young kittens can be made friendlier by being handled daily during their sensitive period for socialization. Owners might increase their satisfaction with their cat by being careful to not reward demanding behaviors from their cat as such rewards could lead to operant conditioning of demanding behaviors.

中文翻译:

猫的行为方式可以预测主人的满意度

摘要 开发了一种 9 项可靠的猫主人满意度测量方法,即 CatSat。项目响应分析表明,CatSat 比较高级别更好地区分较低级别的满意度。CatSat 与对猫的依恋量表(列克星敦对宠物的依恋量表)之间的相关性表明,满意度和依恋是独立的但有些相关的结构。为了从主人性格和猫的行为方式来预测主人对猫的满意度,225 位主人回答了国际人格项目库 (IPIP) 大五人格测试,并用 29 个形容词对他们的猫进行了评分,这些形容词被分解为行为风格的六个维度猫的。多元回归分析的结果表明,主人对猫的满意度与主人性格没有可靠的关系。主人对他们的猫的友善和要求的看法占对猫的满意度变化的大约一半。和蔼可亲和要求不高的猫与更高水平的猫满意度有关。主人的性格和猫的行为方式之间没有统计上可靠的相互作用,尽管一些相互作用产生了很小的影响。为了提高主人的满意度,可以在幼猫的社交敏感期每天进行处理,从而使它们变得更友好。
更新日期:2019-11-02
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