Singer R S, Hart L A, Zasloff R L
Center for Animals in Society, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1995 Dec;77(3 Pt 1):851-7. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1995.77.3.851.
66 individuals were given a questionnaire during the initial visit to a veterinary clinic for homeless pet owners. Among the 35 men and 31 women, 32 had been homeless for 6 mo. or less and were termed the acutely homeless subgroup, and 34 had been homeless multiple times or for more than 6 mo. and were termed the chronically homeless subgroup. In responding to the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale, both men and women participants had significantly higher mean scores on attachment to their pets than did the scale's standardization population. Participants did not differ from the normative sample of adults on the Beck Hopelessness Scale. Both men and women participants stated a preference for being rehoused. 93% of men and 96% of women said that housing would not be acceptable if pets were not allowed. 61% of the men and 33% of the women stated they would be willing to live anywhere pets were allowed except in a shelter. Reluctance to live in a shelter was significantly greater among chronically homeless men than other subgroups, and they also had low desire to be rehoused. A majority of the participants had been refused housing because they had pets. Attempts to rehouse homeless individuals who have pets are likely to be unsuccessful unless accommodation for pets is included.
66名无家可归宠物主人在初次前往兽医诊所时接受了问卷调查。在35名男性和31名女性中，32人无家可归6个月或更短时间，被称为急性无家可归亚组，34人多次无家可归或无家可归超过6个月，被称为慢性无家可归亚组。在回答列克星敦宠物依恋量表时，男性和女性参与者对宠物的依恋平均得分显著高于该量表的标准化人群。在贝克绝望量表上，参与者与成年人的常模样本没有差异。男性和女性参与者都表示希望得到重新安置。93%的男性和96%的女性表示，如果不允许养宠物，住房是不可接受的。61%的男性和33%的女性表示，除了收容所，他们愿意住在任何允许养宠物的地方。长期无家可归的男性比其他亚组更不愿意住在收容所，他们重新安置的愿望也很低。大多数参与者因养宠物而被拒绝住房。除非包括宠物的住所，否则试图为有宠物的无家可归者重新安置住房可能不会成功。
