Pet ownership & attachment

Published measures of pet ownership & different elements of attachment

The measures/individual questions will be added to the table shortly.

Name of measure/scale	Reference and/or website
Pet ownership (4 items)	Muldoon, J. and Williams, J. (2009) Promoting a 'Duty of Care' Towards Animals Among Children and Young People: The development of the SAPS (Short Attachment to Pets Scale) for the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. CAHRU: The University of Edinburgh. Marsa-Sambola, F., Muldoon, J., Williams, J., Lawrence, A., Connor, M. & Currie, C. (2016). The short attachment to pets scale (SAPS) for children and young people: Development, psychometric qualities and demographic and health associations. Child Indicators Research, 9(1), 111-131.
Comfort from Companion Animals Scale (CCAS) (13 items)	Zasloff, R.L. (1996). Measuring attachment to companion animals: A dog is not a cat is not a bird. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 47, 43-48. PII: 0168-1591(95)01009-2 (core.ac.uk)
Short Attachment to Pets Scale (SAPS) (9 items)	Muldoon, J. and Williams, J. (2009) Promoting a 'Duty of Care' Towards Animals Among Children and Young People: The development of the SAPS (Short Attachment to Pets Scale) for the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. CAHRU: The University of Edinburgh. Marsa-Sambola, F., Muldoon, J., Williams, J., Lawrence, A., Connor, M. & Currie, C. (2016). The short attachment to pets scale (SAPS) for children and young people: Development, psychometric qualities and demographic and health associations. Child Indicators Research, 9(1), 111-131.
Attachment Questionnaire for Children (assesses attachment style, not attachment to pets) (1 item)	Muris, P., Meesters, C., van Melick, M. & Zwambag, L. (2001). Self-reported attachment style, attachment quality, and symptoms of anxiety and depression in young adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 809-818. Attachment Questionnaire for Children \| The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (nctsn.org)

Name of measure/scale

Reference and/or website

Pet ownership

(4 items)

Muldoon, J. and Williams, J. (2009) Promoting a 'Duty of Care' Towards Animals Among Children and Young People: The development of the SAPS (Short Attachment to Pets Scale) for the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. CAHRU: The University of Edinburgh.

Marsa-Sambola, F., Muldoon, J., Williams, J., Lawrence, A., Connor, M. & Currie, C. (2016). The short attachment to pets scale (SAPS) for children and young people: Development, psychometric qualities and demographic and health associations. Child Indicators Research, 9(1), 111-131.

Comfort from Companion Animals Scale (CCAS)

(13 items)

Zasloff, R.L. (1996). Measuring attachment to companion animals: A dog is not a cat is not a bird. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 47, 43-48.

PII: 0168-1591(95)01009-2 (core.ac.uk)

Short Attachment to Pets Scale (SAPS)

(9 items)

Attachment Questionnaire for Children (assesses attachment style, not attachment to pets)

(1 item)

Muris, P., Meesters, C., van Melick, M. & Zwambag, L. (2001). Self-reported attachment style, attachment quality, and symptoms of anxiety and depression in young adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 809-818.

Attachment Questionnaire for Children | The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (nctsn.org)

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This article was published on 20 Dec, 2023