Table 5. Spearman’s rho significance and correlation coefficient of the difference in women’s OT concentration with behavioral data for (N = 30) participants during the cat condition.

Spearman’s rho	Items correlated with women’s OT difference during the cat condition	Correlation coefficients (r)	Sig. (p)
	Affectionate Behavior
	Human hugs/kisses cat	0.419	0.021
	Gentle petting	0.471	0.009
	Gentle skin to skins contact beyond petting	0.377	0.040
	Gentle or baby voice	−0.080	0.676
	Direct voice	−0.290	0.120
	Scolds or harsh voice	−0.206	0.275
	Stimulatory Behavior
	Human attempted to play	−0.206	0.275
	Human and cat play together	−0.202	0.285
	Groomed with brush	0.172	0.362
	Affection-seeking Behavior
	Human-initiated contact	−0.096	0.615
	Cat-initiated contact	0.562	0.001
	Cat displayed affiliative behavior	0.487	0.006
	Cat purred	0.131	0.282
	Conversation with cat, paused for response time	0.555a	0.001
	Anti-social Behavior
	Cat displayed aggressive or agonistic behavior	−0.453	0.012
	Focuses on another cat in environment	−0.377	0.040

Notes.

^aReverse coded.