Quality of life of the pet dog: Influence of owner and dog's characteristics
By L. Marinelli, Serena Adamelli, S. Normando, G. Bono. 2007
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Abstract The present study investigates how characteristics of both the dog, Canis familiaris , and their owner influence the quality of life (QoL) of the pet dog. The investigation was carried out using a multiple approach: (1) three questionnaires which investigated characteristics of the dog and their owner and care given to the dog, (2) simple physical examination of the dog, (3) the Strange Situation Test to investigate the dog's attachment to their owner and (4) the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (LAPS) test. A sample of 104 dog–owner dyads participated in the study. The level of care was found to be positively influenced by marital status (single) and negatively by the age of the dog, length of the dog–owner relationship and neutering. The best physical condition was found for pure breed dogs belonging to men and to people who prefer dogs among pets while physical condition decreases for aging dogs or those with a long relationship with their owner. Attachment to the owner was stronger for dogs with a long relationship and those belonging to people who had had previous experience with pets and those with many emotional bonds. Conversely, the attachment level was lower for pure breed dogs and those whose owners shared the property with other people. LAPS was influenced only by owner features: people more attached to their dogs are those who do not live with children and who do have many emotional bonds. Finally, the majority of dogs had a high level of QoL which was influenced positively by the number of emotional bonds of the owner and negatively by the dog's age and length of the dog–owner relationship.
Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, Virology
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- The Relationship between Empathy, Perception of Pain and Attitudes toward Pets among Norwegian Dog Owners (2010, background): “In addition to anthropomorphism (Serpell 2003), level of attachment (Marinelli et al. 2007), and belief in animal mind (Davis and Cheeke 1998), the two most important factors influencing the human–dog relationships are general attitudes to animals and level of human empathy towards animals.”
- Perception of dogs' stress by their owners (2012, methodology): “In fact, this method has been used in many other studies on dog behavior (Hiby et al., 2004; Rooney and Bradshaw, 2004; Marinelli et al., 2007; Gazzano et al., 2008a, 2008b), also when related to emotional state (Kerswell et al., 2009).”
- Dog and owner characteristics affecting the dog–owner relationship (2014, background): “The nature of the relationship between companion dogs and their owners can have an important impact on quality of life for both dog and owner (Crawford et al., 2006; Marinelli et al., 2007; Julius et al., 2013), responsible ownership practices (Rohlf et al.”
- An Examination of the Potential Role of Pet Ownership, Human Social Support and Pet Attachment in the Psychological Health of Individuals Living Alone (2010, result): “…population, found that pet owners who lacked human social support were more attached to their pet (Johnson, Garrity and Stallones 1992; Stammbach and Turner 1999; Adamelli et al. 2005), while two other correlational studies did not reach the same conclusion (Cohen 2002; Marinelli et al. 2007).”