Table 4.
Results of the linear regression analysis for Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale scores involving predictor variables of participant gender, age, geographic location, marital status, parental status, type of pet owned, length of pet ownership, BFI and Dark Triad traits.
| Predictor | Standardized β |
95% CI | t | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Men (ref) | ||||
| Women | 0.13 | 1.42-4.22 | 3.66 | <0.001 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18-35 (ref) | ||||
| 36-50 | -0.02 | -1.51-0.86 | -0.55 | 0.58 |
| 51+ | -0.13 | -3.59- -0.94 | -3.35 | <0.001 |
| Geographic location | ||||
| UK/Ireland (ref) | ||||
| Americas | 0.01 | -1.39-1.77 | 0.24 | 0.81 |
| Europe | 0.07 | -1.31-4.12 | 1.01 | 0.31 |
| Oceania | 0.13 | -0.11-6.56 | 1.89 | 0.06 |
| Rest of World | 0.12 | -0.39-6.42 | 1.73 | 0.08 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single (ref) | ||||
| Married/cohabiting | 0.009 | -1.20-1.52 | 0.23 | 0.81 |
| Separated/divorced | 0.05 | -0.71-4.07 | 1.38 | 0.17 |
| Widowed | 0.06 | -0.43-9.28 | 1.79 | 0.07 |
| Parental status | ||||
| No child <18 years (ref) | ||||
| Child <18 years | 0.18 | 1.75-3.87 | 5.21 | <0.001 |
| Pet ownership | ||||
| Cat (ref) | ||||
| Dog | 0.20 | 2.86-5.35 | 6.47 | <0.001 |
| Length of pet ownership | ||||
| <1 year (ref) | ||||
| 1-5 years | 0.11 | -0.07-3.48 | 1.88 | 0.06 |
| >5 years | 0.10 | -0.24-0.07 | 1.71 | 0.09 |
| Personality traits | ||||
| Openness | 0.04 | -0.07-0.34 | 1.31 | 0.19 |
| Conscientiousness | 0.15 | 0.26-0.67 | 4.49 | <0.001 |
| Extraversion | -0.04 | -0.24-0.06 | -1.13 | 0.26 |
| Agreeableness | 0.02 | -0.17-0.28 | 0.48 | 0.63 |
| Neuroticism | 0.13 | 0.16-0.48 | 3.88 | <0.001 |
| Machiavellianism | 0.04 | -0.04-0.18 | 1.25 | 0.21 |
| Narcissism | 0.05 | -0.04-0.21 | 1.36 | 0.17 |
| Psychopathy | 0.03 | -0.07-0.18 | 0.90 | 0.37 |