The relationship between owner personality traits, dog personality traits and owner-dog relationship quality

Uloga psa se kroz povijest zapadnog društva znatno promijenila, od pretežno radne uloge do uloge kućnog ljubimca u sve većem broju kućanstava. Stoga se istraživanju odnosa ljudi i pasa pridaje sve više pozornosti. Postoje mnogi čimbenici koji utječu na kvalitetu odnosa vlasnika i njihovih pasa, a među njima su i osobine ličnosti. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos osobina ličnosti vlasnika pasa, osobina ličnosti pasa i kvalitete odnosa vlasnik-pas. Statistička analiza je provedena na uzorku od 455 žena, dobnog raspona od 18 do 74 godine (M=37.07, SD=11.49). Ličnost vlasnika ispitivala se HEXACO-60 upitnikom, ličnost pasa Dog Personality Questionnairom (DPQ), a za procjenu kvalitete odnosa korišten je Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS). Utvrđena je povezanost dimenzije ličnosti vlasnica iskrenost-poniznost i bojažljivosti i agresije prema životinjama kod pasa, emocionalnosti kod vlasnica i bojažljivosti i poslušnosti kod pasa, ekstraverzije i bojažljivosti, agresije prema životinjama i poslušnosti kod pasa te savjesnosti i bojažljivosti i aktivnosti kod pasa. Rezultati pokazuju da su značajni prediktori interakcije vlasnik-pas dimenzije ekstraverzija kod vlasnica i poslušnost i agresija prema životinjama kod pasa. Kao značajni prediktori rezultata na skali percipirane bliskosti sa psom pokazale su se dimenzija emocionalnost kod vlasnica i poslušnost kod pasa, dok su se za skalu percipiranog troška značajnima pokazale dimenzije iskrenost-poniznost i ekstraverzija kod vlasnica te poslušnost kod pasa.The role of the dog has changed significantly throughout the history of Western society, from a predominantly working role to the role of a pet in an increasing number of households. Therefore, more and more attention is being given to research on the relationship between humans and dogs. There are many factors that affect the quality of the relationship between owners and their dogs, and personality traits are among them. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between owners' and dogs' personality traits and the quality of their relationship. Statistical analysis was conducted on a sample of 455 female participants, aged between 18 to 74 years (M=37.07, SD=11.49). Data were collected online and the instruments used were the HEXACO-60 personality inventory for measuring the owner's personality traits, the Dog Personality Questionnaire (DPQ) for measuring dog's personality traits and the Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) for measuring the quality of owner-dog relationship. The study found significant associations between owner personality traits honesty-humility and dog personality traits fearfulness and aggression towards animals, owner personality trait emotionality and dog personality traits fearfulness and responsiveness to training, owner's extraversion and fearfulness, aggression towards animals and responsiveness to training in dogs, and conscientiousness in owners and fearfulness and activity/excitability in dogs. The results also show that significant predictors of owner-dog interaction are owner personality trait extraversion and dog personality traits responsiveness to training and aggression towards animals. Significant predictors of perceived emotional closeness were owner personality trait emotionality and dog personality trait responsiveness to training, while for subscale perceived costs, significant predictors were owner's honesty-humility and extraversion and dog personality trait responsiveness to training