Podberscek A L, Serpell J A
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
Vet Rec. 1997 Jul 19;141(3):73-6. doi: 10.1136/vr.141.3.73.
The aim of the study was to determine whether there is an association between the personality of the owners of English cocker spaniels and the expression of aggressive behaviour by their dogs. Two-hundred-and-eighty-five owners of purebred English cocker spaniels completed the Catell 16 Personality Questionnaire. One-hundred-and-twenty-eight of them owned 153 dogs previously classified as being 'low' in terms of aggressiveness and 157 owned 172 dogs classified as being 'high' in terms of aggressiveness. Both groups of owners were similar in terms of a variety of demographic variables, including the number of adults and children in the household, the type of house and the sex of the owner. The dogs in both groups were similar in age, age when acquired and sex ratio. Analyses of the data using unpaired t-tests revealed that the owners of high aggression dogs were significantly more likely to be tense (P < 0.001), emotionally less stable (P < 0.01), shy (P < 0.01) and undisciplined (P < 0.05) than owners of low aggression dogs.
该研究的目的是确定英国可卡犬主人的性格与其犬只攻击行为的表现之间是否存在关联。285名纯种英国可卡犬的主人完成了卡特尔16种人格问卷。其中128人拥有153只先前被归类为攻击性“低”的犬只，157人拥有172只被归类为攻击性“高”的犬只。两组主人在各种人口统计学变量方面相似，包括家庭中的成年人和儿童数量、房屋类型以及主人的性别。两组犬只在年龄、获取时的年龄和性别比例方面相似。使用非配对t检验对数据进行分析后发现，与低攻击性犬只的主人相比，高攻击性犬只的主人明显更易紧张（P < 0.001）、情绪更不稳定（P < 0.01）、害羞（P < 0.01）且无纪律（P < 0.05）。
