@article{HOU_HUANG_LIANG_2021, title={Pet Attachment and Its Relevant Factors among Undergraduates}, volume={8}, url={https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/10482}, DOI={10.14738/assrj.87.10482}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective </strong> To explore the characteristics of pet attachment and its relevant factors among</p> <p> undergraduates. <strong>Methods</strong> 547 undergraduate pet owners were selected by stratified random sampling</p> <p> from 7 universities in Guangzhou City. They were investigated with Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale</p> <p> (LAPS), College Students Interpersonal Comprehensive Diagnostic Scale (ICDSCS), Revised UCLA</p> <p>Loneliness Scale-Version 3 (UCLALS), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) and a self-edited</p> <p>questionnaire on the general personal information. <strong>Results </strong>⑴ The total score of LAPS, ICDSCS and</p> <p>UCLALS, as well as score of coping style disposition were (41.71±10.05), (9.12±5.62), (44.51±7.87) and</p> <p>(-.22±1.50), respectively. ⑵ 20.9% of undergraduates were moderate to severe pet attachment. ⑶ Multiple</p> <p>stepwise linear regression analysis showed that the total score of LAPS was positively correlated with 7</p> <p>factors such as total score of UCLALS and ICDSCS, school category, how many pets have you kept, origin,</p> <p>gender and monthly family income (<em>β</em>=.119 to .668, all <em>P</em> < 0.05), while the reasons for keeping pets and</p> <p>coping style disposition were negatively correlated with the total score of LAPS (<em>β</em>=-.537 and -.621, <em>P</em> <</p> <p>0.05). <strong> Conclusion</strong> College students’ pet attachment is a common behavioral problem, which is closely</p> <p>related to such factors as family rearing, community cultural atmosphere, school education and the personality</p> <p>of the undergraduates.</p>}, number={7}, journal={Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal}, author={HOU, Yongmei and HUANG, Wanhui and LIANG, Yongxin}, year={2021}, month={Jul.}, pages={92–102} }