Pet Ownership and Children's Self-Esteem in the Context of War

IF 1.7 2区农林科学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

Anthrozoos Pub Date : 1999-12-01 DOI:10.2752/089279399787000101

Gordana Keresteš, L. Arambašić, G. Kuterovac-Jagodić, V. Vizek-Vidović

引用次数: 12

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to examine possible beneficial effects of pet ownership on the self-esteem of war-traumatized school children. The Croatian version of Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale was administered to three groups of elementary school children of both sexes, grades 5 to 8, all severely affected by war: dog or cat owners (n=295), owners of other kinds of animals (n=144), and non-pet owners (n=173). There were no differences between groups on basic socio-demographic variables. It was hypothesized that war-traumatized pet owners, especially owners of dogs and cats, would have higher self-esteem than war-traumatized non-pet owners. Sex and age differences in self-esteem were also examined. The results of the three-way ANOVA (Pet x Ownership x Sex x Age) showed that only age had a significant effect on self-esteem, with fifth and sixth graders having higher self-esteem than seventh and eight graders. Thus, the hypothesis that pet ownership could have beneficial effects on self-esteem of war-t...

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摘要本研究旨在探讨养宠物对受战争创伤学童自尊的有益影响。克罗地亚版本的罗森博格自尊量表对三组受到战争严重影响的小学男女学生进行了调查:养狗或猫的人(n=295)，养其他动物的人(n=144)和不养宠物的人(n=173)。各组之间在基本社会人口变量上没有差异。据推测，受过战争创伤的宠物主人，尤其是养狗和猫的人，会比没有受过战争创伤的人有更高的自尊心。性别和年龄在自尊方面的差异也被研究。三向方差分析(宠物x所有权x性别x年龄)的结果显示，只有年龄对自尊有显著影响，五年级和六年级的自尊高于七年级和八年级的自尊。因此，养宠物可能对战争中的自尊产生有益影响的假设……

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Anthrozoos 农林科学-兽医学

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

18.80%

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审稿时长

>36 weeks

期刊介绍： A vital forum for academic dialogue on human-animal relations, Anthrozoös is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that has enjoyed a distinguished history as a pioneer in the field since its launch in 1987. The key premise of Anthrozoös is to address the characteristics and consequences of interactions and relationships between people and non-human animals across areas as varied as anthropology, ethology, medicine, psychology, veterinary medicine and zoology. Articles therefore cover the full range of human–animal relations, from their treatment in the arts and humanities, through to behavioral, biological, social and health sciences.