Is this love? Sex differences in dog-owner attachment behavior suggest similarities with adult human bonds.
Animal cognition
Attachment
Dog
Human
Sex differences
Strange situation test
Journal
Animal cognition
ISSN: 1435-9456
Titre abrégé: Anim Cogn
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9814573
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
Historique:
received:
23
04
2021
accepted:
31
07
2021
revised:
28
07
2021
pubmed:
7
8
2021
medline:
11
3
2022
entrez:
6
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Sex differences in the behavioral responses of Labrador Retriever dogs in the Strange Situation Test were explored. Behaviors expressed by dogs during seven 3-min episodes were analyzed through a Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The scores of factors obtained were analyzed with a Generalized Linear Mixed Model to reveal the effects of the dog's sex and age and the owner's sex. In Episode 1 (dog and owner) and 5 (dog alone), the PCA identified three and two factors, respectively, which overall explained 68.7% and 59.8% of the variance, with no effect of sex. In Episodes 2 (dog, owner, and stranger), 3 and 6 (dog and stranger), and 4 and 7 (dog and owner), the PCA identified four factors, which overall explained 51.0% of the variance. Effects of sex were found on: Factor 1 (distress), with lower scores obtained by females in Episode 2 and higher in Episode 3; Factor 2 (sociability), which was overall higher in females; Factor 3 (separation-distress), with females, but not males, obtaining higher scores when left with the stranger than when with the owner. Therefore, females were overall more social but seemed more affected than males by the owner's absence. Parallels can be traced between our results and sex differences found in adult human romantic attachment, suggesting that the dog-owner bond has characteristics that are not found in the infant-mother relationship.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34355289
doi: 10.1007/s10071-021-01545-w
pii: 10.1007/s10071-021-01545-w
pmc: PMC8904329
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
137-148Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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