Temperament and personality in dogs (Canis familiaris): A review and evaluation of past research

By A. Jones, Samuel D. Gosling. 2005

432 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, Social Psychology

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. D. Duffy
2. J. Serpell
3. C. Wynne
4. I. Meyer
5. L. Mehrkam
6. B. Forkman
7. Samuel D. Gosling
8. Lichi Sun

In Genetics

1. D. Duffy
2. C. Wynne
3. J. Serpell
4. Á. Miklósi
5. L. Mehrkam
6. Lichi Sun
7. Y. Hsu
8. Enikö Kubinyi

In Social Psychology

1. M. Špinka
2. Giada Cordoni
3. B. Forkman
4. L. Mehrkam
5. C. Wynne
6. Y. Hsu
7. I. Meyer
8. Lichi Sun

Citations in the corpus

• Factors associated with success in guide dog training (2008, background): “Jones and Gosling (2005) suggest that, in general, creators of canine temperament tests have tended to overlook the need to demonstrate that their tests truly reflect behavioral tendencies.”
• Traits and genotypes may predict the successful training of drug detection dogs (2007, background): “Although many studies have examined personality and temperament in dogs (Jones and Gosling, 2005), the genetic contribution to behavioural traits in dogs has not been clarified.”
• The dog as a model for understanding human social behavior (2009, background): “Based on evidence pointing to temporal and geographical coincidence between the emergence of mankind and dogkind, others have also noted that the evolution of the dog–human relationship was ‘‘closely woven’’ (Paxton, 2000; Schleidt and Shalter, 2003), and analogies have been argued for in the case o”
• Observer ratings: validity and value as a tool for animal welfare research (2009, neutral): “(Jones and Gosling, 2005)”
• Factors associated with aggressive responses in pet dogs (2010, methodology): “Various methods have been adopted to assess dog temperament in the literature; the most frequently employed methods include behavioral tests (test batteries), surveys of dog owners, expert rating and observational tests (Jones and Gosling, 2005).”
• Behavioral differences among breeds of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): Current status of the science (2014, methodology): “In addition, this trend varies depending on the type of study being conducted, as has been acknowledged in reviews of studies of breeds responding to human gestures (Dorey et al., 2009), and temperament tests (Jones and Gosling, 2005).”
• Are there differences between behavioral measurement methods? A comparison of the predictive validity of two ratings methods in a working dog program (2012, neutral): “Behavioral variation is ubiquitous in all dog populations (Diederich and Giffroy, 2006; Jones and Gosling, 2005; Svartberg, 2007), including those that have been selected, bred, and raised for a particular job that requires particular behaviors (Graham and Gosling, 2009; Willis, 1995).”
• Dog Breeds and Their Behavior (2014, background): “While potentially more subjective than direct observations of behavior, such assessments are arguably less susceptible to cultural stereotypes than expert opinions, and, if large sample sizes are used, the effects of individual subjective biases can be greatly reduced (Jones and Gosling 2005).”
• Measuring attention deficit and activity in dogs: A new application and validation of a human ADHD questionnaire (2007, background): “, 2004) and personality models (Jones and Gosling, 2005).”
• Prevalence, comorbidity, and behavioral variation in canine anxiety (2016, background): “…of their dogs’ personality has often been questioned; however, the owners’ behavioral evaluations, and particularly of fearful behavior, have shown strong correlations with expert behavioral assessments (Gosling et al., 2003; Jones and Gosling, 2005; Tami and Gallagher, 2009; Tiira and Lohi, 2014).”
• Development and Validation of a Psychometric Tool forAssessing Impulsivity in the Domestic Dog ( Canis familiaris) (2011, background): “A major criticism of previous studies on dog temperament (or personality), including owner report ratings of dogs, is that they rarely report assessments of reliability and validity; those that do often do so without reference to numerical indices (Jones & Gosling, 2005; Taylor & Mills, 2006).”
• Personality in Non‐human Animals (2008, background): “A number of organizations have adapted the principles of human personnel selection to identify individual animals well suited to performing various tasks ( Jones & Gosling, 2005 ).”
• Pet dogs as attachment figures (2008, background): “Future work might examine links between dog traits and specific dog behaviors (Jones & Gosling, 2005) in order to identify what factors drive the attachment experience between owners and their pet dogs.”
• Child Temperament: An Integrative Review of Concepts, Research Programs, and Measures (2008, background): “…the current inclusion criteria for temperament: biological, genetic foundations (e.g., Canli, 2006), presence in primates and social mammals (e.g., Jones & Gosling, 2005), temporal stability or predictiveness (e.g., Roberts, Kuncel, Shiner, Caspi, & Goldbert, 2007), and, of increasing interest,…”
• Animal play and animal welfare (2011, background): “…stable personality trait (e.g. Svartberg & Forkman 2002) or as a behavioural characteristic related to several personality traits including ‘sociability’ and ‘responsiveness to training’, and also related to comparable traits in other species (reviewed in Gosling & John 1999; Jones & Gosling 2005).”