Pets and Happiness: Examining the Association between Pet Ownership and Wellbeing
Pets and Happiness: Examining the Association between Pet Ownership and Wellbeing
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DOI：
10.1080/08927936.2016.1152721
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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1.6
通讯作者：
Schreer, George
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作者：
Bao, Katherine Jacobs;Schreer, George
宠物与主人的幸福感有关吗？一些研究已经证明了宠物和主人的身体健康之间的积极联系，最近的研究表明，宠物对心理健康的负面影响也是有益的。然而，很少有研究关注宠物与心理健康的积极方面（如幸福）之间的关系。在目前的研究中，263名美国成年人使用亚马逊土耳其机器人完成了一项在线调查。结果表明，宠物主人比非主人对自己的生活更满意，但在其他幸福指标、个性指标、情绪调节或需求满足方面没有差异。与猫主人相比，狗主人在幸福感的各个方面得分更高，并且在其他一些指标上存在差异，包括大五人格特质，情绪调节策略和需求满足。拥有宠物的类型和幸福感之间的关系是由大五人格特质（外向性，宜人性和神经质，特别是），情绪调节策略和需要满足。此外，相对于“猫人”，自认为是“狗人”的人表现出与狗主人相似的模式，但影响往往较小且不显著。虽然养宠物的人和不养宠物的人之间可能没有太大的区别，但显然养狗与有益的结果有关。影响和未来的方向进行了讨论。
Are pets associated with happiness in their owners? Some research has demonstrated positive connections between pets and the physical health of their owners, and more recently, research has shown the beneficial effects of pets on the negative aspects of mental health as well. However, much less research has focused on the relation between pets and the positive aspects of mental health, such as happiness. In the current study, 263 American adults completed an online survey using Amazon Mechanical Turk. Results indicate that pet owners were more satisfied with their lives than non-owners, but did not differ on other wellbeing measures, personality measures, emotion regulation, or need satisfaction. Dog owners scored higher on all aspects of wellbeing compared with cat owners, and differed on a number of other measures, including the Big Five personality traits, emotion regulation strategies, and need satisfaction. The relationship between type of pet owned and wellbeing was mediated by the Big Five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, specifically), emotion regulation strategy, and need satisfaction. In addition, self-identified "dog people," relative to "cat people," showed similar patterns to those of dog owners, but the effects were often smaller and non-significant. Although there may not be many differences between those who own pets and those who do not, clearly owning a dog is associated with beneficial outcomes. Implications and future directions are discussed.