Pet Ownership and Sex as Determinants of Stated Affect toward others and Estimates of others' Regard of Self
- 1 December 1966
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 19 (3), 884-886
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1966.19.3.884
Abstract
To search for personality correlates of pet ownership 176 Ss were administered a questionnaire which elicited estimates of one's liking of others and others' liking of self. Results suggest that pet owners and males like people-in-general less than non-owners and females.Keywords
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