Table 4.

Within-person correlations of dog owners’ average scores over the four-week period (n = 709).

Dog-related factor	Depression (PHQ-9)	Anxiety (GAD-7)	Loneliness (UCLA)	Eudaimonic well-being	Hedonic well-being	Suicidal ideation
Physical health of dog	− 0.17***	− 0.16***	− 0.06*	0.09**	0.14***	− 0.06
Running/jogging with dog	0.02	− 0.02	0.01	0.03	0.02	− 0.03
Walking dog	− 0.02	− 0.03	− 0.02	0.03	0.03	0.05
Fail to do something for dog	0.13***	0.10**	0.08**	− 0.06	− 0.13***	− 0.01
Dog greeting at the door	0.01	0.03	− 0.01	− 0.03	0.01	− 0.00
Dog presence	− 0.01	0.00	0.02	− 0.02	0.00	− 0.05
Friendly conversation with others due to dog presence	− 0.01	0.04	− 0.04	0.07*	0.02	0.08
Problematic interaction with others while out with dog	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.02	− 0.02	− 0.01
Dog to human touching	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.00
Human to dog touching	0.05	0.05	0.04	− 0.01	− 0.04	− 0.02
Aggressive dog behaviour	0.06	0.05	0.01	− 0.02	0.01	− 0.00
Fearful dog behaviour	0.11**	0.11**	0.07*	− 0.11***	− 0.07*	0.03
Distinct barking episodes	0.03	0.05	0.01	0.00	− 0.02	− 0.00
Destroy/chew/steal	0.08**	0.11**	0.01	− 0.06	− 0.03	− 0.02
Lack of control over dog	0.14***	0.16***	0.07	− 0.11**	− 0.09**	0.03
House soiling	0.06	0.07	0.02	− 0.04	− 0.04	− 0.03
Training dog	− 0.04	− 0.05	− 0.03	0.00	0.02	0.01

Values are Pearson correlation coefficients obtained from the RI-CLPM. * < 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001. The measurement used to assess each factor is available in Table 1.