[Effects of companion animals on owner's subjective well-being and social networks in Japan].
[Effects of companion animals on owner's subjective well-being and social networks in Japan].
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[日本伴侣动物对主人主观幸福感和社交网络的影响]。
DOI：
10.4992/jjpsy.77.1
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2006
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M. Kaneko
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M. Kaneko
采用多方法研究了伴侣动物（CA）是否以及如何影响日本人的主观幸福感和社交网络。研究1以1250名40岁以上的日本成年人为样本，通过邮件调查发现：（1）女性拥有者对CA的依恋与主观幸福感呈负相关;（2）虽然年轻（65岁以下）的CA拥有者比非CA拥有者拥有更多的亲密朋友，但65岁以上的CA拥有者却相反。在研究2中，对27名成年人的深入访谈显示，（1）女性CA拥有者的主观幸福感低于非拥有者，（2）尽管CA拥有者通常通过与CA相关的行为（如遛狗）成功地与陌生人互动，但这些关系不太可能变得亲密，（3）与拥有者倾向于以积极的方式描绘自己相反，大多数非业主对CA业主的描述是负面的，比如孤独或举止粗鲁。基于目前的研究结果，这与西方社会的先前研究结果形成了鲜明的矛盾，并对未来的问题进行了讨论。
A multi-method approach was used to examine whether and how companion animals (CA) affect subjective well-being and social networks of Japanese people. In Study 1, a mail survey with a probability sample of 1250 Japanese adults over 40 years old showed that (1) female owners' attachment to CA negatively correlated with subjective well-being, and (2) although younger (under 65) CA owners had more close friends than non-owners, this tendency was reversed for those over 65. In Study 2, in-depth interviews with 27 adults showed that (1) female CA owners reported lower subjective well-being than non-owners, (2) although CA owners were generally successful in interacting with strangers through CA-related behaviors such as dog-walking, those relationships were unlikely to become close, and (3) in contrast to the owners' tendency to portray themselves in positive ways, most non-owners described CA owners negatively, such as being lonely or bad-mannered. Based on the present findings, which sharply contradict those of previous studies in the western societies, future issues are discussed.