Pub Date : 1999-12-01DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000129
Vlasta Vizek Vidović, Vesna Vlahović Štetić, D. Bratko
The current study was designed to compare the socio-emotional characteristics of school children pet owners and children without pets and to examine whether the type of pet is a variable which can differentiate the socio-emotional development of their owners. The subjects, 425 girls and 401 boys, were students of fourth (n=265), sixth (n=295) and eighth (n=266) grade of elementary schools from the metropolitan area of Zagreb, Croatia. Socio-emotional variables assessed in the study were: child attachment to pet, child prosocial orientation, empathy, loneliness, perception of family climate and social anxiety. The data showed that 54.4% of children in the sample were pet owners (26.2% of children in the study had a dog, 9.2% had a cat, and 19.0% had some other pet). In order to answer the main research question, several analyses of variance (gender by grade by pet ownership) were computed for each criterion of socio-emotional development. Significant main effects were obtained for empathy, prosocial orientation and pet attachment, with dog owners being more empathic and prosocially oriented than non-owners, and dog owners and cat owners being more attached to their pets than owners of other kinds of pets. Additional analyses of variance were computed in order to examine the role of attachment in the socio-emotional functioning of the children. Subjects were divided in three sub-groups: non-owners, lower then average attached owners, and higher than average attached owners. Children who scored higher than average on the attachment to pets scale showed significantly higher scores on the empathy and prosocial orientation scales than non-owners and children who scored lower than average on the attachment to pets scale. It was also found that children with higher levels of attachment to pets rated their family climate significantly better than children who had lower attachment to pets.
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Pub Date : 1999-12-01DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000156
S. Waiblinger, C. Menke
Large herds pose the risk of worsening human—cattle relationships by reducing human contact and thus increasing the risk of accidents. In a survey on 35 dairy farms in Switzerland and Germany, diff...
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Pub Date : 1999-12-01DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000084
B. Fogle
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Pub Date : 1999-09-01DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000165
Erick L. Laurent, K. Ono
ABSTRACTScholars of Japan like to point out that the Japanese are interested in tamed (miniature trees, ikebana, gardens) as opposed to wild nature, and that for the Japanese, culture and nature are not mutually exclusive concepts. Moreover, there hardly seems to be any direct relationship between the Japanese sensitivity to nature and Japanese environmental behaviour. Bearing these general assumptions in mind, this paper analyzes the changes in the relationship between the Japanese and animals through two recent movements in Japan: firefly protection and fly fishing.This study is based on interviews and participant observation among several firefly protection groups in the Kansai area from 1989 to 1997, among fly-fishing fishermen, and in fishing cooperatives of Gifu prefecture since 1997. In order to ascertain tendencies regarding new shifts in attitudes toward animals, specific observations regarding each of these issues will be disregarded so as to deal only with the commonalities. The similarities be...
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Pub Date : 1999-09-01DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000192
Maureen B. Adams
ABSTRACTThe study examines selected letters and poems of the poet Emily Dickinson to better understand the relationship between Dickinson and her Newfoundland dog Carlo. Citations from these sources indicate that Carlo helped Dickinson feel protected, that his presence soothed her anxiety, and that she used the dog as a go-between with other people. Eventually, the poet came to appreciate Carlo's silence as a witness to her creative process. The study also looks at their relationship from the deeper levels of psychology and myth. From a psychological perspective, Carlo is seen to function as a selfobject in Dickinson's inner life. In the myths from many cultures, dogs appear as guides, guardians, healers, and psychopomps. During their years together, Carlo embodied each of these roles for Dickinson. Together, the three approaches–primary source material, psychology and myth–reveal how Carlo's quiet presence helped Dickinson transform inner turmoil into poetry and suggest the transformative potential possi...
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Pub Date : 1999-09-01DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000264
Kristine M. Hansen, Cathy J. Messinger, M. Baun, M. Megel
ABSTRACTPhysiological arousal and behavioral distress in children aged from two to six years undergoing a physical examination were examined with and without the presence of a companion dog. An experimental/control group, repeated measures design was utilized to study children at a pediatric clinic. Thirty-four (14 males, 20 females) children were assigned randomly either to a treatment group (n=15) in which a therapy dog was present during their examinations or to a control group (n=19) which had the usual pediatric exam without a dog present. Physiological variables (systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures, heart rate, and fingertip temperatures) were measured at baseline and at two-minute intervals during each examination. Subjects were videotaped during the examination for analysis of behavioral distress using the Observation Scale of Behavioral Distress (OSBD). Physiological measurements were not statistically significantly different between the dog and no-dog groups but were found not to be...
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Pub Date : 1999-09-01DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000219
N. Endenburg, J. Kirpensteijn, N. Sanders
This study evaluated the grief process of 58 horse owners who had had their horses euthanized. Owner-present euthanasia was performed in 83% (n=48) of cases, while in 36% of cases the horse was eut...
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Pub Date : 1999-09-01DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000237
Karin B. Stammbach, D. Turner
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...
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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