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Development and validation of a scale for measuring pet owners’ loyalty to their pet    
Yazarlar
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Seda ÇAVUŞ ALAN Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Seda ÇAVUŞ ALAN
Türkiye
Abdullah Özen
Türkiye
Nurhan Halisdemir
Türkiye
Özet
Loyalty is a person’s willingness to devote oneself to a cause and consists of concepts such as fidelity, not giving up, continuity, and stability. For this reason, this relationship stems from loyalty to be able to talk about a strong attachment between humans and animals. This study aimed to develop a measurement tool for the evaluation of the loyalty levels of people toward their pets. The qualitative method for determining the judgments in the scale will be called the pet loyalty scale; the quantitative methods (explanatory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis) were used to determine the validity and reliability of the scale. The qualitative method was carried out with 40 animal owners in Bursa, while both quantitative methods were applied to 580 animal owners in İstanbul, Ankara, and İzmir. The analysis of the results revealed that the total variance explanation rate of the scale was 62.1%, and Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.764. Consequently, a 19-item pet loyalty scale consisting of four factors, namely “hearty commitment”, “stability”, “possibility of giving up”, and “responsibility”, was developed. This scale was considered to have sufficient validity and reliability to measure the loyalty of animal owners to their animals.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Dergi ISSN 1300-0128
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2023
Cilt No 47
Sayı 1
Doi Numarası 10.55730/1300-0128.4265