[[alternative]]The impacts between owner’s emotional attachment and the way they name their companion animal

[[abstract]]伴隨著近年社會型態的改變，許多家庭開始飼養同伴動物，了解到同伴動物逐漸被認可為家庭的成員，藉由與同伴動物之間的互動獲得生理及心理的緩解，促進社會家庭的支持。當人類與同伴動物情感連結增強，便會開始對彼此增加滿足感、安全感等情感上的依附，雙方彼此被滿足。由命名原則了可解到人、物品被給予認同感、獨一無二的角色，被命名的同伴動物也被賦予以往不同的角色以及家庭地位，目前同伴動物情感依附相關的研究大多與飼主的心理層面和動物福利有關，然而與同伴動物命名原則相關的研究則顯少。本研究目的在於探討飼主情感依附與命名的現況，命名是否有系統性跟性別上的差異。研究對象為於網路寵物粉絲團、論壇收集了532位20歲以上且有飼養同伴動物經驗的飼主，於網路上發送寵物依附問卷進行調查並將其結果進行資料分析。研究結果發現命名狀況會隨著飼主的教育程度、婚姻型態而有所關聯，飼主與同伴動物情感連結與依附越緊密飼主對同伴動物命名時會考量到性別與彼此名字間的系統性，藉由情感連結狀況跟人口變項中也可預測到飼主在命名時會考量到同伴動物的性別。在台灣同伴動物命名原則大都為個性、外觀、或飼主個人喜好為主，但近年來飼主也開始替同伴動物冠上姓氏，更可瞭解到飼主將同伴動物認同為家庭成員，給賦予了認同感。根據研究結果希望能提供飼主未來在命名時的參考，可激發出創意性、獨特性以利增加兩者情感連結，達到降低棄養率、近而增加飼養意願。[[abstract]]With the change in social formation in recent years, many families have started to keep companion animals. Companion animals are gradually being recognized as family members, providing owners with physical and psychological relief through interaction and promoting social family support. When the emotional connection between human and companion animals is strengthened, their emotional attachment such as satisfaction and security to each other will increase, and both will be satisfied with each other. The naming principle explains that people and objects are given a sense of identity and a unique role after being named, and named companion animals are also given different roles and family status. Most of the present studies relevant to companion animal emotional attachment are on the psychological aspects of the owner and animal welfare, and there is limited research related to naming principles of companion animals. The purpose of this study was to examine the current status of owner’s emotional attachment and naming, and whether there are systematic and gender differences in naming. Specifically, 532 pet owners who are over 20 years old with experience in keeping companion animals were collected from online pet fan groups and forums as research subjects. Pet attachment questionnaires were sent to them via Internet to collect information for data analysis. It was found that the naming status was related to the owner's educational and marital status, and the stronger the emotional connection and attachment between the owner and the companion animal, the more the owner would consider the gender and the systemic nature of their names when naming the companion animal. The emotional connection status and demographic variables also predict that the owner will take the companion animal’s gender into account when naming the animal. In Taiwan, most naming principles for companion animals are based on personality, appearance, or the owner's personal preference. In recent years, owners have also begun to assign a surname to their companion animals, which can be interpreted as that owners regard their companion animals as family members and give them a sense of identity. We expect the results of this study to provide reference for owners in naming their animals in the future, and to stimulate creativity and uniqueness in order to strengthen the owner-animal emotional connection, thus reducing the abandonment rate and enhancing owners’ willingness to keep