Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ): Validation of the Italian Translation.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to develop an Italian translation of the 100-item Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ) version and to validate its psychometric properties, in order to facilitate systematic, large-scale studies on dog behavior for Italian-speaking dog owners. A total number of 803 responses by dog owners were collected online. Using the Principal Axis Method and Common Factor Analysis with Quartimin oblique rotation (p < 0.05), a factorial structure was found including 13 factors composed of 62 items and explaining 53.5% of the total variance. Eight factors showed high reliability (Cronbach's alpha > 0.70), namely: stranger-directed aggression/fear, dog-directed fear, owner-directed aggression, separation-related behavior, chasing, dog-directed a

SUBMITTER: Broseghini A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10093636 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature