Attitudes toward empathy in domestic dogs and cats

被引：22
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作者：
Vitulli, William F. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ S Alabama, Dept Psychol, Mobile, AL 36688 USA
来源：
PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS | 2006年 / 99卷 / 03期
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D O I：
10.2466/PRO.99.3.981-991
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
This exploratory study included 524 undergraduate students (360 women, M-age=21.1 yr., SD=6.1; and 164 men, M-age=20.0 yr., SD 3.6) enrolled in introductory psychology sections who completed the Empathy in Pet Dogs and Cats Scale to assess their attitudes regarding how much domestic dogs and cats show vicarious experiencing of the thoughts, feelings, or attitudes of their owners. A principal components analysis followed by varimax rotation extracted five factors accounting for 60.85% of the total variance as follows: (1) Pets' empathy for owner, (2) Cats' empathy for owner, (3) Dogs' empathy for owner, (4) Souls in humans and pets, (5) Owners' empathy for pets. Women gave significantly higher ratings than men regarding dogs' and cats' knowing when their owners are happy, sad, or angry. Women also gave significantly higher ratings than men regarding dogs' and cats' feeling love and compassion for their owners. Specific instances of empathy in pets underscore the need for contemporary research to be inclusive of operational definitions of measures of empathy.
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页码：981 / 991
页数：11
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