Millot J L, Filiatre J C, Gagnon A C, Eckerlin A, Montagner H
Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie, Faculté des Sciences - route de Gray - 25030 Besancon Cedex, France.
Behav Processes. 1988 Jul;17(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(88)90046-0.
The research of ethologists has provided a better understanding of the mechanisms, role and development of communication behaviour between young children and their peers. However, little is known about the communication systems between children and their pets. A study of these relational systems would be needed to understand how the child interacts with his whole environment. The present study is based on the analysis of video tapes filmed during spontaneous interactions between children from 2 to 5 years of age with their pet dog (N = 45) in their home environment. Inventories were made of the child and dog behaviours during these interactions. The results have shown the different dog behaviours induced by the child and the different child behaviours induced by the dog. The links between these behaviours and the variables which characterize both partners (age, sex, etc.) were treated by factor analysis of correspondences. These data are discussed in relation to the behavioural inventories of children and dogs with their peers and conspecifics.
动物行为学家的研究让人们更好地理解了幼儿与同龄人之间交流行为的机制、作用和发展。然而，对于儿童与其宠物之间的交流系统却知之甚少。有必要对这些关系系统进行研究，以了解儿童如何与他的整个环境进行互动。本研究基于对2至5岁儿童与其宠物狗在家庭环境中自发互动时拍摄的录像带的分析（N = 45）。对这些互动过程中儿童和狗的行为进行了记录。结果显示了儿童引发的不同狗的行为以及狗引发的不同儿童行为。通过对应因子分析处理了这些行为与表征双方的变量（年龄、性别等）之间的联系。这些数据将结合儿童和狗与同龄人及同类之间的行为记录进行讨论。
