Understanding the Human—Cat Relationship: Human Social Support or Attachment

IF 1.7 2区农林科学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

Anthrozoos Pub Date : 1999-09-01 DOI:10.2752/089279399787000237

Karin B. Stammbach, D. Turner

引用次数: 91

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe goal of this study was to assess whether the widespread popularity of cats can best be explained using either attachment theory or social support theory. To assess the degree of attachment to the cat, and the size of the human social support network, we used five different questionnaires: In a first mailing we sent the LAPS (Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale) questionnaire (Garrity et al. 1989) and the SSQ6 (Social Support Questionnaire; Sarason et al. 1983, 1987) to 370 women volunteering to participate in the study. Three hundred and forty and 330 women respectively, returned correctly completed questionnaires. In a second mailing we sent these participants the NSSQ (Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire; Norbeck et al. 1981, 1983) and two questionnaires by Bradshaw and Limond (1997), one assessing attachment to the cat (BrAtt), the other emotional support from the cat (BrES). Of these, 290, 295, and 293, respectively, were correctly completed and returned.We found a positive correlation bet...

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理解人与猫的关系:人类的社会支持或依恋

摘要本研究的目的是评估是否可以用依恋理论或社会支持理论来解释猫的广泛流行。为了评估对猫的依恋程度和人类社会支持网络的大小，我们使用了五种不同的问卷:在第一次邮寄中，我们发送了LAPS(列克星敦宠物依恋量表)问卷(Garrity et al. 1989)和SSQ6(社会支持问卷;Sarason et al. 1983, 1987)到370名自愿参与研究的女性。分别有340名和330名女性正确填写了问卷。在第二封邮件中，我们向这些参与者发送了NSSQ(诺贝克社会支持问卷;Norbeck et al.(1981,1983)和Bradshaw and Limond(1997)的两份问卷，一份评估对猫的依恋(BrAtt)，另一份评估来自猫的情感支持(BrES)。其中，290、295和293分别正确填写并返回。我们发现两者呈正相关。

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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.