宠物犬的社会支持作用机制

目的:考察饲养宠物犬、依恋宠物犬的社会支持作用机制.方法:本文为横断面研究,使用问卷法,采取阶段随机抽样,对在北京城八区中随机抽取的4个区中的321名饲养宠物犬和418名不饲养任何宠物的40岁及以上的受试进行调查.结果:(1)饲养宠物犬对身体健康、生活满意感具有显著影响,相对于不饲养宠物的受试,饲养宠物犬的受试身体更健康(β=0.074;P<0.05)、生活满意感更高(β=0.110;P<0.01).(2)饲养宠物犬会改变最近生活事件对身体健康的影响,但不会改变最近生活事件对生活满意感的影响(Z=2.59;P<0.01).(3)依恋宠物犬对生活满意感具有显著影响(β=-0.198;P<0.01),对宠物犬越依恋的受试,生活满意感越高.结论:饲养宠物犬的社会支持主效应及社会支持缓冲作用显著,表现为其对最近生活事件和身体健康的调节效应显著;依恋宠物犬的社会支持主效应显著,但缓冲作用不显著.

Mechanism of Social Support from Pet Ownership

Objective:To examine the social support mechanism of pet ownership and pet attachment.Method:A total of 321 pet owners and 418 non pet owners above 40 years in Beijing were measured with questionnaires.Results: (1) Pet ownership showed significant correlations with physical health and life satisfaction.Compared with non pet owners,pet owners had better physical health and life satisfaction (β=0.074;P<0.05,β=0.110;P<0.01).(2)Pet ownership could change the effect of recent life events on the physical health but not on life satisfaction (Z=2.59,P<0.01).(3) Pet attachment showed significant correlations with life satisfaction.The pet owners with more pet attachment had higher life satisfaction.Conclusions:Pet ownership has significant main effect of social support as well as buffering effect of social support.They appear as the significant moderating effects on recent life events and physical health.Pet attachment has significant main effect of social support,and few buffering effects of social support.