Behavioural responses to separation from human companion in the domestic cat: A survey-based study

buir.contributor.authorKerman, Kaan
buir.contributor.orcidKerman, Kaan|0000-0001-7582-4184
dc.citation.epage104892-5en_US
dc.citation.spage104892-1
dc.citation.volumeNumber210
dc.contributor.authorKerman, Kaan
dc.contributor.authorDemirbas, Yasemin S.
dc.contributor.authorAtilgan, D.
dc.contributor.authorIsparta, S.
dc.contributor.authorSaral, B.
dc.contributor.authorPereira, J.
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Gonçalo Da G.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T09:38:05Z
dc.date.available2024-03-11T09:38:05Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-20
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.description.abstractThe domestic cat is known to react to social separation, though the conceptual relationship between separationrelated behaviours outside of a clinical context has not been described in detail. We did an online survey on participants who had cats in their households (Nparticipants=114; Ncats=133) and asked them to evaluate the frequency of 12 behavioural elements associated with social separation from human companions on a 5- point Likert Scale. We performed two dimensionality reduction techniques (component and factor analyses) to assess whether the specified behaviours related to social separation belonged to the same axis. We found four distinct dimensions instead of one: (a) reactivity towards companion departure cues, (b) protest behaviour towards inaccessibility, (c) unusual elimination behaviour, and (d) negative responses following social separation. Our findings suggest a manifestation of different motivational states rather than a single, separation-related construct. Future studies would benefit from a careful evaluation of the separation-related behaviours in a multi-measure context to improve the accuracy of ethological classifications.
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dc.embargo.release2024-11
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104892
dc.identifier.eissn1872-8308
dc.identifier.issn0376-6357
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11693/114491
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104892
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0 Deed (Attribution 4.0 International)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.source.titleBehavioural Processes
dc.subjectThe domestic cat
dc.subjectThe domestic cat social separation
dc.subjectCat-human bond
dc.titleBehavioural responses to separation from human companion in the domestic cat: A survey-based study
dc.typeArticle

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