Table 3.

Correlations between constructs and participant/dog characteristics.

Characteristics	LAPS General Attachment	LAPS People Substituting	LAPS Animal Rights/Welfare	LAPS Total	PBQ Grief	PBQ Anger	PBQ Guilt	PBQ Total	AHCS Total	P-Scale Total	TDRS Total
Participant’s characteristics
Gender	0.08	0.06	0.02	0.07	0.14**	0.08	−0.01	0.10 *	0.06	−0.01	−0.06
Age	0.13 *	−0.03	0.18 **	0.08	−0.08	−0.16 **	−0.17 **	−0.17 **	0.11 *	0.06	−0.04
Education	−0.17 **	−0.15 **	−0.18 **	−0.19 ***	−0.20 ***	−0.12*	0.02	−0.15 **	−0.19 ***	0.13 *	0.04
Occupation	−0.11 *	−0.13 *	−0.08	−0.14*	0.00	0.05	0.01	0.02	0.01	−0.01	−0.02
Housing condition	−0.06	−0.01	0.05	−0.02	−0.06	−0.04	−0.04	−0.06	0.05	0.02	0.04
Presence of children	−0.03	−0.04	−0.09	−0.06	−0.02	−0.05	0.03	−0.02	−0.02	0.01	0.06
Dog’s characteristics
Time from dog’s death	−0.11 *	−0.09	−0.09	−0.11 *	−0.17 **	−0.01	0.00	−0.10	−0.05	0.09	0.14 **
Dog’s keeping time	0.04	−0.02	0.00	0.01	−0.07	−0.15 **	−0.01	−0.09	0.01	0.06	0.00
Unexpected dog’s death	0.06	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.13 *	0.11 *	0.03	0.13*	0.04	0.07	−0.04
Lived alone when dog died	−0.08	−0.03	0.04	−0.04	−0.05	−0.11 *	−0.06	−0.09	0.02	0.03	0.06
Dog’s euthanasia	0.04	−0.03	−0.05	−0.01	−0.06	−0.27 ***	−0.14 **	−0.19 ***	−0.04	−0.04	−0.08

Note. For Gender 0 = male, 1 = female; Age (years); Education 0 = Low, 1 = High; Occupation 0 = No worker, 1 = Worker; Housing condition 0 = With others, 1 = Alone; Presence of children 0 = No, 1 = Yes; Time from dog’s death 0 = Up to 12 months, 1 = Over 12 months; Dog possession time (years); Unexpected dog’s death 0 = No, 1 = Yes; Dog’s euthanasia 0 = No, 1 = Yes; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.