Dog and owner characteristics affecting the dog-owner relationship
Dog and owner characteristics affecting the dog-owner relationship
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jveb.2014.03.002
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发表时间：
2014-07-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Forkman, Bjorn
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作者：
Meyer, Iben;Forkman, Bjorn
伴犬与主人之间关系的性质对狗和主人的生活效果都有重要影响。确定影响狗主人关系的因素将有助于理解如何实现成功的关系，以及如何修复不太成功的关系，从而为两个物种的福利带来潜在的好处。在本研究中，我们用Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale(MDORS)调查了几种狗和主人的特征，包括狗的个性，对狗主人关系的影响。数据是通过邀请接受了丹麦狗心理评估(DMA)测试的狗的主人回答在线问卷来收集的。我们能够将421名主人的答案与他们的狗的DMA测试结果进行匹配。问卷包括28个项目的MDORS，以及关于主人和他们的狗的问题。通过因子分析，可以从狗的DMA测试结果中得出5个狗的人格特质。通过多元线性回归检验了主人和狗的变量以及5个狗的个性特征对狗主人关系的预测价值：1对MDORS的3个分量表中的每一个进行回归。总体而言，被调查的变量只预测了MDORS分数的一小部分变异，主人特征似乎比狗的个性特征对狗主人关系的影响更大。我们发现，家庭中的孩子和只与狗作伴的主人对狗与狗关系的看法与家庭中的孩子负相关。预测狗主人关系的唯一狗特征是恐惧和与恐惧相关的行为问题。(C)2014年提交人。爱思唯尔公司出版，版权所有。
The nature of the relationship between companion dogs and their owners has important impact on the effect of life for both dog and owner. Identifying factors that affect the dog owner relationship will assist the understanding of how the successful relationship is achieved and how the less successful relationship is mended, with potential benefits for the welfare of both species. In the present study, we investigated the effect of several dog and owner characteristics, including the personality of the dog, on the dog owner relationship as measured by the Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS). Data were collected by inviting owners of dogs that had been tested on the Danish Dog Mentality Assessment (DMA) to answer an online questionnaire. We were able to match 421 owner answers with their dogs' DMA test results. The questionnaire consisted of the 28 items of the MDORS, as well as questions about the owners and their dogs. Using factor analysis, 5 dog personality traits could be derived from the dogs' test results on the DMA. The predictive value of questionnaire-based owner and dog variables and the 5 dog personality traits on the dog owner relationship was tested using multiple linear regressions: 1 for each of the 3 subscales of the MDORS. Overall, the variables investigated only predicted a small proportion of the variance in MDORS scores, and owner characteristics appeared to influence the dog owner relationship more than dog personality traits did. We found that children in the family and using the dog only for company were negatively associated with the owners' perception of the relationship with their dogs. The only dog characteristics to predict the dog owner relationship were fearfulness and fear-related behavior problems. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.