寵物棄養風險認知、照顧行為與寵物依附感關聯性研究：以寵物昆蟲飼主為例

Abstract

寵物棄養問題一直是寵物研究中的重要研究主題，但卻鮮少有研究從寵物飼主的態度觀點來探討這個議題。近年來臺灣飼養寵物的風氣盛行，寵物的種類從一般常見的貓狗到相對較少見的爬蟲類、昆蟲等，可說是愈來愈多元，在這樣的情況下飼主對其寵物的態度，也就可能會與以往有所差異。本研究係以調查研究方式，針對全臺灣寵物昆蟲飼主抽樣，試圖了解其在寵物棄養風險認知、寵物照顧行為與寵物依附感的表現如何？並以態度三元論模型說明這三者之間可能存在的關聯性，並證明三個變量之間互相影響的途徑。研究結果顯示：性別、年齡、教育程度、飼養昆蟲的總年資等背景變項差異會反應在寵物依附感、寵物棄養風險認知、寵物照顧行為上，且得出寵物依附感越高，寵物棄養風險認知與寵物照顧行為就越高；寵物棄養風險認知越高，寵物照顧行為也越高，從問卷填答結果中顯示寵物昆蟲的飼主在寵物依附感、寵物棄養風險認知、寵物照顧行為都具有較高的表現，可能代表臺灣的昆蟲飼主對於棄養大致抱持著較正向的態度，最後提出結論，希望能為有效管理寵物昆蟲，建立友善環境的研究基礎。The problem of pet abandonment has always been an important research topic in pet research, but few studies have been explored this issue from the perspective of pet owners and/or feeders. In recent years, the trend of keeping pets has become prevalent in Taiwan. The types of pets range from common species (cats and dogs, etc) to relatively rare species (reptiles and insects, etc). In this situation, the attitude of pet owners/feeders may be different from the past.This research is to investigate the sampling of pet insect owners and/or feeders in Taiwan. This thesis has been conveyed by survey approach, and tried to understand the performance of pet owners/feeders in their cognition of some risks of pet abandonment, their caring behavior, as well as pet attachment. Psychological correlates of attitudes have been validated from all hypotheses detected from a tripartite model.The research results represented that differences in background variables such as gender, age, education level, and the experience of keeping insects could be reflected in some attitudes of pet attachment, cognitive risks of pet abandonment, or pet caring behavior. The final detection represented that the higher the pet attachment, the higher the pet could not be released if their abandonment risk is high from insect feeders. Therefore, I detected that if the higher the risk perception to abandoning pet might lead a higher pet caring behaviors. In addition, if a higher risk perception of pet abandonment has been detected, the higher trend of pet caring behaviors could be found. Research has also shown that insect owners/feeders have higher performance in pet attachment, risk perception of pet abandonment, as well as their pet caring behavior, who might represent psychological correlates of positive attitudes in aforementationed factors in Taiwan. I may hope to establish a theortical basis pro-environmental friendly for an effective management of insect feeders.