Domestic Cats (Felis silvestris catus) Do Not Show Signs of Secure Attachment to Their Owners.
Domestic Cats (Felis silvestris catus) Do Not Show Signs of Secure Attachment to Their Owners.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0135109
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发表时间：
2015
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影响因子：
3.7
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Mills DS
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Potter A;Mills DS
Ainsworth奇异情境测试(SST)被广泛用于证明儿童和狗与他们的主要照顾者之间的联系通常符合安全依恋的要求(即在其他威胁环境中，照顾者被视为安全和安保的焦点)，并已适用于有类似说法的猫。然而，后一项研究中的方法论问题，使得猫主人债券通常是一种安全的附件的说法令人怀疑，从操作上讲，这种附件可以通过它在SST的行为来定义。因此，我们制定了一个经过调整的SST版本，其中包括对该程序的全面平衡，其中包括必要的方法控制。对20对猫主人进行了交叉设计实验(10对猫主人首先承担SST的两个版本中的一种)，并使用连续焦点抽样来记录猫所表达的一系列行为状态的持续时间，这可能有助于评估安全依恋。由于数据不是正态分布的，非参数分析被用于在两个版本的测试中被证明是可靠的那些行为(排除了许多猫的行为)。虽然当主人而不是陌生人把猫留给另一个人时，猫会发出更多的声音，但没有其他证据与猫和它的主人之间符合安全依恋要求的关系的解释一致。这些结果与这样一种观点是一致的，即成年猫通常非常自主，即使在它们的社会关系中，也不一定依赖其他猫来提供安全感。结论是，需要开发其他方法来表征猫主人债券的正常心理特征。
The Ainsworth Strange Situation Test (SST) has been widely used to demonstrate that the bond between both children and dogs to their primary carer typically meets the requirements of a secure attachment (i.e. the carer being perceived as a focus of safety and security in otherwise threatening environments), and has been adapted for cats with a similar claim made. However methodological problems in this latter research make the claim that the cat-owner bond is typically a secure attachment, operationally definable by its behaviour in the SST, questionable. We therefore developed an adapted version of the SST with the necessary methodological controls which include a full counterbalance of the procedure. A cross-over design experiment with 20 cat-owner pairs (10 each undertaking one of the two versions of the SST first) and continuous focal sampling was used to record the duration of a range of behavioural states expressed by the cats that might be useful for assessing secure attachment. Since data were not normally distributed, non-parametric analyses were used on those behaviours shown to be reliable across the two versions of the test (which excluded much cat behaviour). Although cats vocalised more when the owner rather the stranger left the cat with the other individual, there was no other evidence consistent with the interpretation of the bond between a cat and its owner meeting the requirements of a secure attachment. These results are consistent with the view that adult cats are typically quite autonomous, even in their social relationships, and not necessarily dependent on others to provide a sense of security and safety. It is concluded that alternative methods need to be developed to characterise the normal psychological features of the cat-owner bond.