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. 2021 Sep 7;9:e12044. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12044

Table 2. Research focus of 69 non-human primate personality studies published after 2010.

Topic Percentage (%) Percentage—Excluding Method Validation (%) Definition Example
Method Validation 43 Studies which aimed to validate novel methods or adapt an existing method to another species Freeman et al. (2013)
Social Behaviour 22 39 Studies which examined relationships between personality and social behaviour Račevska & Hill (2017)
Animal Management 16 28 Studies which examined personality in relation to daily husbandry and management practices e.g. enrichment, training Franks et al. (2013)
Animal Health 10 18 Studies which examined relationships between personality and physical health, e.g. physiological measurements Costa et al. (2020)
Animal Welfare 9 16 Studies which examined relationships between personality and behavioural welfare indicators Robinson et al. (2017)