Turner D C
Institute of Zoology, University of Zurich-Irchel.
Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd. 1991;133(2):63-70.
Comparative behavioural observations were made in the home setting in order to analyze the ethology of the human-cat relationship. Factors postulated, and indeed, found to influence that relationship included marital status of the human (women living alone, with a partner or with a partner and children), housing conditions of the cat (indoor vs. outdoor access), number of cats kept (one vs. more than one), and to a very minor extent, pedigree of the cat (purebred vs. domestic mixture). Various measures of success at both the interactional, and the relationship level were examined and yielded the following results: 1) The more successful the person is in initiating interactions with the cat, the shorter, the total interaction time with the pet. 2) The higher the proportion of all successful intents to interact that were due to the cat, the more time spent interacting. 3) Willingness to comply with the partner's wishes to interact is positively correlated between the cat and the human over all pairs examined--which helps explain the widespread popularity of cats, as pets.
为了分析人与猫关系的行为学，在家庭环境中进行了比较行为观察。假定并确实发现影响这种关系的因素包括人的婚姻状况（独居女性、与伴侣同住或与伴侣及孩子同住）、猫的居住条件（室内与室外活动）、养猫数量（一只与多只），以及在非常小的程度上，猫的血统（纯种与家猫混种）。对互动层面和关系层面的各种成功指标进行了研究，得出以下结果：1）一个人与猫发起互动越成功，与宠物的总互动时间就越短。2）由猫发起的所有成功互动意图的比例越高，互动时间就越长。3）在所有被研究的配对中，猫和人在遵守伴侣互动意愿方面的意愿呈正相关——这有助于解释猫作为宠物广受欢迎的原因。
