Affective Regulation and Trait Anger Personalities: The Buffering Effect of the Companion Animal Bond
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Trait Anger and State Anger from the Perspective of Affective Neuroscience
1.2. Trait Anger, Emotional Dysregulation, and the Companion Animal Bond
1.3. The Current Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Procedures
2.2. Participants and Sample Size
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. Socio-Demographic Information
2.3.2. Trait Anger
2.3.3. Companion Animal Bond
2.3.4. Affective Dysregulation
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Correlations
3.2. Associations between Trait Anger, Animal Companion Bond, and Affective Dysregulation
3.3. Conditional Effect of Trait Anger on Affective Dysregulation at Different Levels of Companion Animal Bond
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations
4.2. Health-Related, Psychological, and Educational Implications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | 2 | 3 | M | SD | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Anger | − | 1.32 | 0.55 | ||
2. Animal companion bond | 0.01 | − | 4.63 | 0.46 | |
3. Affective dysregulation | 0.40 *** | −0.10 * | − | 2.34 | 0.69 |
Affective Dysregulation | |||
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B(SE) | β | 95% CI | |
Step 1 | |||
Age | −0.10(0.02) | −0.30 *** | −0.14, −0.07 |
Gender (man) | 1.01(0.57) | 0.09 | −0.11, 2.13 |
R2 = 0.10; F = 20.23 *** | |||
Step 2 | |||
Age | −0.09(0.02) | −0.26 *** | −0.12, −0.06 |
Gender (man) | 0.73(0.54) | 0.64 | −0.32, 1.79 |
Trait anger | 2.71(0.35) | 0.36 *** | 2.01, 3.41 |
Companion animal bond | −0.69(0.43) | −0.08 | −1.55, 0.17 |
R2 = 0.22; ΔR2 = 0.13; F = 26.98 *** | |||
Step 3 | |||
Age | −0.09(0.02) | −0.25 *** | −0.12, −0.05 |
Gender (man) | 0.75(0.53) | 0.07 | −0.29, 1.80 |
Trait anger | 2.62(0.35) | 0.34 *** | 1.92, 3.31 |
Companion animal bond | −0.81(0.43) | −0.89 | −1.66, 0.04 |
Interaction term | 2.08(0.76) | 0.13 ** | 0.59, 3.58 |
R2 = 0.24; ΔR2 = 0.16; F = 23.48 *** |
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Bochicchio, V.; Scandurra, C.; Dolce, P.; Scandurra, A.; Freda, M.F.; Mezzalira, S. Affective Regulation and Trait Anger Personalities: The Buffering Effect of the Companion Animal Bond. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2024, 14, 2377-2389. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14080157
Bochicchio V, Scandurra C, Dolce P, Scandurra A, Freda MF, Mezzalira S. Affective Regulation and Trait Anger Personalities: The Buffering Effect of the Companion Animal Bond. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2024; 14(8):2377-2389. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14080157
Chicago/Turabian StyleBochicchio, Vincenzo, Cristiano Scandurra, Pasquale Dolce, Anna Scandurra, Maria Francesca Freda, and Selene Mezzalira. 2024. "Affective Regulation and Trait Anger Personalities: The Buffering Effect of the Companion Animal Bond" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 14, no. 8: 2377-2389. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14080157