| Summary: | 碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 心理輔導學系 === 101 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation of pet attachment, affectivity and pro-animal behavior among owners. Survey data were collected using an internet panel survey of 548 pet owners. The main research tools in this study included Scale of Pet Attachment, Scale of Affectivity and Scale of Pro-animal Behavior . Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, means of t-test, one-way ANOVA, product-moment correlation, multiple regression and Structural equation modeling. The main findings were as follows:
1. On pet attachment , variables as follows had significant differences: gender (female> male), age of "intimate interaction" (late adulthood> middle adulthood), marital status of "intimate interaction" (married> unmarried), education level (senior high > bachelor's degree; graduate degree), living conditions "Caring action" (Alone> living with others), pet type (dog> cat), rearing time (more than two years> six months to less than one year) , rearing roles (primary> secondary caregivers).On affectivity, variables as follows had significant differences: gender of "positive affectivity " (female> male), marital status of "negative affectivity " (unmarried> married), living status of "negative affectivity " (suburban> Urban), rearing conditions of "positive affectivity " (now> once), rearing conditions of "negative affectivity " (once> now), raising roles of "positive affectivity " (primary> secondary caregivers); rearing roles of "negative affectivity "(secondary> primary caregivers).On pro-animal behavior, variables as follows had significant differences: gender (female> male), age (pre-adulthood > middle adulthood), educational level (senior high> bachelor's degree), pet type (dog; both> cat), number of pets (Two or more > one), raising roles (primary> secondary) variables had significant differences.
2. There were significant correlations among pet Pet attachment, affectivity and pro-animal behavior.
3. Pet attachment and positive affectivity could predict 23.5% variance of pro-animal behavior.
4. Pet owners’ gender, rearing roles, pet type, education level, rearing time could predict 13.7% variance of pet attachment. Pet owners’ gender, rearing roles could predict 5.0% variance of positive affectivity. Living patterns, rearing status, living situation, rearing roles could predict 4.8% variance of negative affectivity. Rearing role, pet type, number of pets, and Pet owners’ gender could predict 10.6% variance of pro-animal behavior.
5. The path model among the pet attachment, affectivity and pro-animal behavior was not valid.
Finally, the implications of this study were discussed and recommendations for future animal welfare education were suggested.
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