Table 5. Significant correlations between personality traits obtained from the Principal Component Analysis and the behaviours expressed by police horses during a novel object test.
| Traits | Behaviours | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | AM | V | IO | EX | AB | AGO | E | O | |
| Active | rs = 0.34 p = 0.03 |
rs = -0.31 p = 0.04 |
rs = 0.38 p = 0.01 | ||||||
| Curious | rs = -0,31 p = 0.05 | ||||||||
| Equable | rs = 0.36 p = 0.02 | ||||||||
| Insecure | rs = -0.31 p = 0.05 | ||||||||
| Irritable | rs = -0.32 p = 0.04 | rs = 0.32 p = 0.04 | |||||||
| Playful | rs = -0.36 p = 0.03 | rs = -0.41 p<0.01 | rs = 0.33 p = 0.03 | ||||||
SA: standing active; AM: alarm movements; V: vocalization; IO: interacting with test object; EX: exploration; AB: abnormal behaviours; AGO: agonistic behaviours; E: eat; O: other behaviours.