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Methods
Participants
91 Introduction to Psychology students participated in the survey and received extra credit. The mean age of the participants was 24.1 with a standard deviation of 6.78. Of the 91 participants 69.2% were female students while 29.7 were male students. 1% of the participants did not report their gender. Of those students, 58.2% were European American, 11% were African American, 1.1% were Hispanic, 24.2% identified themselves as “other” and 3.3% did not report their race. For dog ownership, 50.5% of the students said yes and 48.1%, 1.1% did not give an answer. For cat ownership, 44% of the students said yes and 56% said no.
Results
The following data was found using descriptive statistics and descriptive frequencies. A series of happiness items were asked to the participants. When it came to happiness a mean score of 6 was found, with a .83 standard deviation. For the well being question a mean of 6 was found, with a .80 standard deviation. In satisfaction, participants mean score was 5.63 with a .87 standard deviation. Participants mean score for feeling content was a 5.43 with a standard deviation of 1.19. A mean of 5.22 was found for self-esteem with a standard deviation of 1.31. The purpose question had the highest mean with a 6.1 and a standard deviation of 1. In the post-outlook question a mean of 5.91 and a standard deviation of .95 were found. In the question regarding self-likeness a mean of 5.99 and a standard deviation of 1.03 were found. In the balanced life question a mean of 5.22 and a standard deviation of 1.21 were found. Table 1.1 shows the means and standard deviations to various questions asked in the survey.
Table 1
Mean Scores and Standard Deviations for Attitudes Toward Pets
Survey Items Mean Standard Deviation
Everyone Should Own Pet 4.57 (1.77)
Pets Live Outdoors 2.43 (1.56)
Pets Resemble Owners 4.56 (1.50)
Pet Emergency 5.71 (1.33)
Speak to Pets 5.46 (1.73)
Women speak to pets 3.99 (1.57)
Man’s best friend 4.67 (1.53
Pets taken to vet 5.89 (1.10)
Pets in vacation 4.92 (1.52)
Pets and social life 4.92 (1.58)
Pets are family 4.42 (1.56)
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Note. The means for all variables range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) on a Likert-type scale.
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