人与宠物的关系研究外文文献Owners’ view of their pets’ emotions, intellect, and mutual relationship_ Cats and dogs compared.pdf

Behavioural Processes 141 (2017) 316–321 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Behavioural Processes j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/beha vproc Owners’ view of their pets’ emotions, intellect, and mutual relationship: Cats and dogs compared Minori Arahori a,b,∗ , Hika Kuroshima a , Yusuke Hori a,b,c , Saho Takagi a , Hitomi Chijiiwa a,b , Kazuo Fujita a a Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501,Japan b Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0083,Japan c Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8203,Japan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Companion animals have established special relationships with humans, as demonstrated by many stud- Received 31 October 2016 ies describing their abilities and bonds to communicate with humans. In this questionnaire-based study, Received in revised form 18 January 2017 we explored owners’ views of pets in terms of their emotional and intellectual functions and their rela- Accepted 9 February 2017 tionship with owners, and compared the results between cat owners and dog owners. We found that Available online 4 March 2017 although both types of owners most often regarded their pets as “family members,” this tendency was weaker in cat owners. Cat owners also scored significantly lower than dog owners for some emotions Keywords: