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. 2021 Apr 24;11(5):1234. doi: 10.3390/ani11051234

Table 3.

Internal consistency, test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability of personality and unwanted behavior factors. ICC = Intraclass Correlation Coefficient.

Internal Consistency Test-Retest Reliability Inter-Rater Reliability
Section Factor Cronbach’s Alpha Guttman’s Lambda 6 Correlation ICC(1,1) ICC(1,k)
Personality Insecurity 0.89 0.91 0.91 0.72 0.84
Training focus 0.87 0.90 0.91 0.70 0.82
Energy 0.82 0.86 0.89 0.71 0.83
Aggressiveness/dominance 0.80 0.84 0.91 0.81 0.90
Human sociability 0.63 0.69 0.79 0.48 0.65
Dog sociability 0.78 0.81 0.87 0.68 0.81
Perseverance 0.61 0.67 0.70 0.52 0.68
Noise sensitivity Noise sensitivity 0.95 0.97 0.93 0.80 0.89
Fearfulness Fearfulness 0.90 0.92 0.89 0.74 0.85
Aggression Barking 0.77 0.80 0.88 0.77 0.87
Stranger directed aggression 0.74 0.79 0.83 0.69 0.82
Owner directed aggression 0.63 0.68 0.82 0.72 0.84
Dog directed aggression 0.69 0.69 0.87 0.66 0.80
Fear of surfaces Fear of surfaces 0.77 0.77 0.80 0.74 0.85
Separation anxiety Separation anxiety 0.76 0.79 0.78 0.50 0.66
Impulsivity/ Inattention 0.84 0.83 0.79 0.68 0.81
inattention Hyperactivity/impulsivity 0.79 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.87
Mean 0.78 0.81 0.84 0.69 0.81