Validation of the Human–Animal Interaction Scale (HAIS) in Czech Language
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.3. Study Design
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussions
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Supplementary Information and Questions | Non-Clinical Volunteers (%) | Clinical Participants (%) |
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Dog owners | 77.6 | 50.0 |
Cat owners | 35.3 | 27.3 |
Other animal owners | 37.6 | 18.2 |
More than one animal owners | 43.5 | 9.1 |
Any animal owners | 8.2 | 13.6 |
Want to owe an animal, but cannot | 31.6 | 59.1 |
Having animal indoor | 82.9 | 76.2 |
Having animal outdoor | 47.6 | 42.9 |
Having animal indoor and outdoor | 48.8 | 45 |
Bad experience with animals | 48.1 | 0 |
Phobia of any animal | 23.5 | 4.5 |
Fear of any animal | 58.3 | 4.5 |
Allergy to any animal | 11.8 | 0 |
Happy for the contact with animal during session (0–4 scale) | M 1 = 3.63 (SD 2 = 0.82) | M = 3.63 (SD = 0.68) |
Establishing the rapport with animal during session (0–4 scale) | M = 3.66 (SD = 0.86) | M = 3.42 (SD = 0.77) |
Scale | Non-Clinical Volunteers | Clinical Participants | Mann–Whitney Test (p) | ||
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M 1 (SD 2) | α | M (SD) | α | ||
HAIS | 49.64 (14.51) | 0.920 | 47.64 (14.52) | 0.656 | 0.568 |
1.1 Humantotal | 32.94 (9.97) | 32.77 (9.58) | 0.997 | ||
1.2 Animaltotal | 16.69 (5.57) | 14.86 (6.76) | 0.243 | ||
CASD | 93.39 (11.14) | 0.886 | 85.32 (5.38) | 0.800 | <0.001 ** |
CABS | 27.71 (7.81) | 0.851 | 28.82 (7.15) | 0.801 | 0.568 |
Scale | 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.HAIS | ||||||
1.1 Humantotal | 0.951 ** | |||||
1.2 Animaltotal | 0.874 ** | 0.700 ** | ||||
2. CASD | 0.621 ** | 0.608 ** | 0.534 ** | |||
3. CABS | 0.603 ** | 0.648 ** | 0.447 ** | 0.500 ** | ||
4. Happy for contact | 0.467 ** | 0.473 ** | 0.392 ** | 0.392 ** | 0.366 ** | |
5. Rapport | 0.530 ** | 0.545 ** | 0.404 ** | 0.461 ** | 0.534 ** | 0.438 ** |
Scale | 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. HAIS | ||||||
1.1 Humantotal | 0.938 ** | |||||
1.2 Animaltotal | 0.927 ** | 0.796 * | ||||
2. CASD | 0.519 * | 0.650 ** | 0.417 | |||
3. CABS | 0.353 | 0.405 | 0.292 | 0.370 | ||
4. Happy for contact | 0.690 ** | 0.725 ** | 0.523 ** | 0.608 ** | 0.215 | |
5. Rapport | 0.450 | 0.468 * | 0.427 | 0.717 ** | 0.361 | 0.600 ** |
Scale | Non-Clinical Volunteers | Clinical Participants | ||
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rs | p | rs | p | |
Humantotal | 0.648 ** | <0.001 | 0.938 ** | <0.001 |
Animaltotal | 0.447 ** | <0.001 | 0.927 ** | <0.001 |
CASD | 0.500 ** | <0.001 | 0.519 * | 0.013 |
CABS | 0.603 ** | <0.001 | 0.353 | 0.108 |
Happy for contact | 0.366 ** | <0.001 | 0.690 ** | 0.001 |
Rapport | 0.534 ** | <0.001 | 0.450 | 0.053 |
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Machová, K.; Juríčková, V.; Nekovářová, T.; Svobodová, I. Validation of the Human–Animal Interaction Scale (HAIS) in Czech Language. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207485
Machová K, Juríčková V, Nekovářová T, Svobodová I. Validation of the Human–Animal Interaction Scale (HAIS) in Czech Language. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(20):7485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207485
Chicago/Turabian StyleMachová, Kristýna, Veronika Juríčková, Tereza Nekovářová, and Ivona Svobodová. 2020. "Validation of the Human–Animal Interaction Scale (HAIS) in Czech Language" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 20: 7485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207485