Table 1.
Results of logistic regression analyses on the association between different environmental factors and the response variables. P values are controlled for false discovery rate. N = 5726 (personality trait analyses), N = 4925 (wool sucking analysis), N = 5683 (excessive grooming analysis), N = 5550 (owner-evaluated behaviour problem analysis).
Variable | Aggression to family members | Aggression to strangers | Aggression to cats | Shyness to strangers | Contact | DF | |||||
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χ2 | P value | χ2 | P value | χ2 | P value | χ2 | P value | χ2 | P value | ||
Weaning age | 17.62 | 0.042 | 26.6 | 0.003 | 19.02 | 0.028 | 5.22 | 0.700 | 10.64 | 0.238 | 7 |
Sex | 0.95 | 0.466 | 7.74 | 0.021 | 14.17 | 0.001 | 6.37 | 0.027 | 49.32 | 0.0005 | 1 |
Age | 0.21 | 0.749 | 13.02 | 0.002 | 63.22 | 0.001 | 19.04 | 0.0004 | 42.52 | 0.0005 | 1 |
Hormonal status | 6.03 | 0.042 | 5.54 | 0.057 | 40.43 | 0.001 | 49.11 | 0.0004 | 4.71 | 0.061 | 1 |
Breed | 110.96 | 0.001 | 117.44 | 0.001 | 104.12 | 0.001 | 196.65 | 0.0004 | 146.68 | 0.0005 | 18 |
Access to outdoors | 25.92 | 0.001 | 25.94 | 0.001 | 5 | ||||||
Other cats | 69.42 | 0.001 | 18.47 | 0.001 | 37.16 | 0.001 | 4.77 | 0.057 | 7.20 | 0.019 | 1 |
Shyness | 4.93 | 0.078 | 27.17 | 0.001 | 269.71 | 0.0005 | 1 | ||||
Extraversion | 4.87 | 0.073 | 78.62 | 0.0004 | 1 | ||||||
Shyness to novel objects | Wool sucking | Excessive grooming | Owner-evaluated behaviour problem | ||||||||
Variable | χ 2 | P value | χ 2 | P value | χ 2 | P value | χ 2 | P value | DF | ||
Weaning age | 8.39 | 0.401 | 24.4 | 0.005 | 16.08 | 0.102 | 18.96 | 0.071 | 7 | ||
Sex | 0.13 | 0.783 | 1.18 | 0.401 | 0.12 | 0.841 | 0.05 | 0.897 | 1 | ||
Age | 18.65 | 0.0004 | 20.29 | 0.001 | 4.89 | 0.107 | 23.34 | 0.004 | 1 | ||
Hormonal status | 63.99 | 0.0004 | 1 | ||||||||
Breed | 171.94 | 0.0004 | 103.39 | 0.001 | 43.63 | 0.027 | 43.24 | 0.018 | 18 | ||
Access to outdoors | 26.57 | 0.0004 | 57.09 | 0.001 | 19.49 | 0.037 | 5 | ||||
Other cats | 12.47 | 0.001 | 4.34 | 0.159 | 1 | ||||||
Shyness | 39.59 | 0.001 | 31.96 | 0.01 | 42.55 | 0.004 | 1 | ||||
Extraversion | 42.47 | 0.0004 | 15.45 | 0.001 | 5.03 | 0.105 | 1 | ||||
Aggression | 14.52 | 0.001 | 26.61 | 0.01 | 129.57 | 0.004 | 1 | ||||
Stereotypic behaviour | 43.97 | 0.004 | 1 |