Table 1.

Study 1: Agreement between own handler and other handler scores (all ratings, N = 120).

	Control	Motivation	Stamina	Distraction	Confidence	Independence	Indication	Overall ability
Own/other (all ratings)	0.539	0.486	0.372	0.417	0.025	0.263e	0.282f	0.529g
Pair 1	0.783	0.480	0.257	0.607	0.312	0.525a	−0.379a	0.617
Pair 2	0.683	0.354	0.607	0.113	−0.334	0.300	0.414d	0.584
Pair 3	0.556	0.365	0.479	0.622	−0.061	−0.007	0.191b	0.661a
Pair 4	0.351	0.239	−0.026	0.279	−0.338	0.055	0.601a	0.272
Pair 5	0.577	0.212	0.067	0.652	−0.425	−0.112a	0.342c	0.518
Pair 6	0.354	0.756	0.385	0.099	0.362	0.118	0.494b	0.439

Correlation coefficients between handlers in each pair (Spearman's rho, 2-tailed, N = 20, unless stated otherwise) for each trait. Moderate agreement (>0.5) shaded and good agreement (>0.6) in bold.

Where N <20 within pairs or <120 for overall comparison.

^aN = 19;

^bN = 17;

^cN = 16;

^dN = 15;

^eN = 118;

^fN = 103;

^gN = 119.