Psychometric validation of the Brazilian Version of the Pet Attachment Questionnaire (PAQ): An examination of predictors of attachment styles among cat owners

dc.contributor.authorLuchesi, Suzana Helena
dc.contributor.authorMachado, Daiana Souza
dc.contributor.authorTrindade, Pedro Henrique Esteves [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMikulincer, Mario
dc.contributor.authorOtta, Emma
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionInterdisciplinary Center (IDC)
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-29T13:25:24Z
dc.date.available2023-07-29T13:25:24Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-01
dc.description.abstractIt is important for researchers of human-animal relationships to have access to research instruments validated in their original languages, as sociocultural and linguistic semantic variations can interfere with the answers. Our objectives were to: (i) validate the Brazilian version of the Pet Attachment Questionnaire (PAQ) among cat owners; (ii) study individual differences in avoidant and anxious attachment as a function of respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS); (iii) investigate relationships between PAQ dimensions and attachment intensity using the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (LAPS). Information from 301 Brazilian cat owners was collected. After evaluating internal consistency, a principal component analysis was conducted to examine the factorial structure of scale. In addition, we conducted multiple linear model (MLM) and hierarchical cluster analysis to further explore attachment patterns. Three items were excluded. After exclusion, results presented better indicators. The Brazilian 23-items PAQ version showed adequate psychometric properties and the same two-dimensional structure (avoidance and anxiety) as the English version. MLM indicated that male gender, having children, younger age, and lower LAPS scores were significant predictors of higher avoidant attachment; while not having children and higher LAPS were significant predictors of higher anxious attachment. The dendrogram of hierarchical clustering revealed three distinguishable groups of human-pet attachment: avoidant profile, anxious profile, and secure profile. The Brazilian 23-items PAQ version is recommended for use in the Brazilian population both for research purposes and for applied purposes considering its internal consistency, structure, validity, simplicity, and practicality.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Psicologia Experimental Instituto de Psicologia (IP) Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Cirurgia Veterinária e Reprodução Animal Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ) Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationSchool of Psychology Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Cirurgia Veterinária e Reprodução Animal Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ) Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 21/12358-3
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 303805/2021-8
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105769
dc.identifier.citationApplied Animal Behaviour Science, v. 256.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105769
dc.identifier.issn0168-1591
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85140272143
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/247771
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Animal Behaviour Science
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAttachment
dc.subjectCat owners
dc.subjectHuman-cat relationship
dc.titlePsychometric validation of the Brazilian Version of the Pet Attachment Questionnaire (PAQ): An examination of predictors of attachment styles among cat ownersen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-3486-6182[5]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Botucatupt
unesp.departmentReprodução Animal e Radiologia Veterinária - FMVZpt

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