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KMID : 1094520230260030275
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Korean Journal of Play Therapy
2023 Volume.26 No. 3 p.275 ~ p.289
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The Relations between Children’s Attachment to Companion Animals and Peer Relationships: The mediating effect of empathy
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Jeong Ji-Suk
Lee Jin-Suk
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Abstract
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This study sought to examine the relationships between children's attachment to companion animals, empathy, and peer relationships, and analyzed the mediating effect of empathy in the relationship between children's attachment to companion animals and peer relationships. The participants of the study comprised 157 children in the 4-6th grades of elementary school who currently are raising dogs and cats. The research tools used were the Lexington Attachment to Pet Scale, Children's Empathy Scale, Peer Relationship Scale. The collected data were analyzed by means of both SPSS program(ver. 23.0) & Macro process(ver. 4.1.). The results are as follows. First, there were significant positive correlations between children's companion animal attachment, empathy, and peer relationships. Second, the partial mediating effects of cognitive and emotional empathy appeared in the relationship between attachment to companion animals and peer relationships. These results suggest that attachment to companion animals can affect the development of positive peer relationships through the fuller development of children's empathy.
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KEYWORD
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children, attachment to companion animals, empathy, peer relationships
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