| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 野生動物保育研究所 === 99 === “Personality” is the word to represent the specific concept of
individual differences, by using a set of adjective traits to describe it.
Subjective assessment is the most common tool to evaluate personality in primates. The main purpose of this study was to assess personalities of
Taiwanese macaques (Macaca cyclopis), and to build a primary personality
model by establishing an assessing tool with reliability and validity for the species. The personality assessment can help with monitoring the psychology wellbeing and management of captive populations. From October 2009 to October 2010, a total of 80 Taiwanese macaques in captivity at the Pingtung Rescue Center for Endangered Wild Animals were sampled for personality assessment. Raters conducted behavioral
observation on a subject for 120 minutes and then rated the personality
questionnaire for the subject. 32 adjectives were used in the personality
questionnaire for raters to subjectively assess the personality of a subject by
7-point scale. The results of principal component analysis (PCA) of the
ratings suggested that 16 personality traits representing four personality
dimensions, Sociable, Direct, Curious and Vigilant, were used to describe
the personality of the Taiwanese macaque. Internal reliability Cronbach's
α was 0.863 and the total variance was 82.04. The personality model
indicated that Taiwanese macaques were high Active, Confident, Sociable
and Vigilant, but not aggressive. High-ranking subjects were more
sociable, direct and more curious than low-ranking ones. Juvenile showed
highly sociable, curious than adult and old-age macaques. Subjects who
exhibited more self-grooming were rated with low Direct and Curious
scores. Conversely, high Direct and Sociable scored macaques exhibited
more allo-grooming. Also, the result indicated that subjects showing
stereotypic behavior were assessed low scores in Sociable, Direct and
Curious. Personality assessment offered a standard procedure and
database necessary for captive management, such as group formation,
international animal exchange, and welfare monitoring, to promote
wellbeing of captive animals in Taiwan.
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