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. 2022 Oct 28;13:1029883. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1029883

Table 2.

Means and mean differences in values scores for dog owners and dogs and cat owners and cats.

Values Dog owners Dogs t p Cohen’s d Cat owners Cats t p Cohen’s d
M SD M SD M SD M SD
Self-direction 0.08 0.26 0.16 0.29 −5.68 <0.001 −0.217 0.12 0.27 0.32 0.34 −10.39 <0.001 −0.496
Stimulation 0.01 0.35 0.13 0.30 −6.99 <0.001 −0.267 −0.02 0.35 0.07 0.30 −4.54 <0.001 −0.217
Hedonism 0.12 0.37 0.41 0.35 −16.28 <0.001 −0.623 0.09 0.36 0.45 0.33 −16.55 <0.001 −0.791
Achievement −0.32 0.43 −0.17 0.25 −9.35 <0.001 −0.357 −0.37 0.43 −0.14 0.25 −10.83 <0.001 −0.518
Power −0.52 0.34 −0.54 0.40 1.53 0.126 0.059 −0.54 0.32 −0.42 0.44 −5.02 <0.001 −0.240
Security 0.31 0.26 0.23 0.36 4.85 <0.001 0.185 0.33 0.26 0.36 0.40 −1.71 0.088 −0.082
Tradition −0.25 0.40 −0.16 0.30 −4.97 <0.001 −0.190 −0.27 0.43 −0.19 0.28 −3.20 <0.001 −0.153
Conformity −0.13 0.28 −0.02 0.41 −6.52 <0.001 −0.249 −0.17 0.29 −0.27 0.43 4.51 <0.001 0.215
Benevolence 0.45 0.30 0.25 0.31 13.75 <0.001 0.526 0.45 0.30 0.05 0.28 21.34 <0.001 1.020
Universalism 0.18 0.25 −0.15 0.22 26.92 <0.001 1.029 0.22 0.24 −0.11 0.20 23.61 <0.001 1.128

Dog owners and dogs n = 684, Cat owners and cats n = 438. All comparisons were two-tailed, paired samples t-tests. Dog owners and dogs df = 683. Cat owners and cats df = 437.