Abstract
Present research was intended to investigate the relationship between
pet attachment and empathy among young adults. CENSHARE Pet
Attachment Survey (Holcomb, Williams, & Richards, 1985) was used to
measure pet attachment and Multi-Dimensional Scale of Emotional
Empathy (Caruso & Mayer, 1998) was used to measure empathy. Sample
which included young adults (N = 250) within the age range of 18 to 26
years (M = 21.16; SD = 2.10), was taken from both public and private
universities. The results showed significant positive relationship between
pet attachment and empathy. Further, the result showed women scoring
higher on pet attachment and empathy as compared to men. Pet owners
spending less time with their pets showed stronger pet attachment.
Significant predicting role of pet attachment was shown for empathy,
with highest variance shown with intimacy component of pet attachment
for the empathy dimension of feeling for others, then responsive crying,
empathy and emotional attention respectively. Lastly, significant
moderating role of gender for the effect of pet attachment on empathy
was shown, with women scoring higher than men on empathy with
increasing pet attachment
Aliya Khalid, Irum Naqvi. (2016) Relationship Between Pet Attachment and Empathy Among Young Adults, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 26, Issue 1.
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