Dog Leashing Measure

Abstract

The Dog Leashing Measure (van Eeden et al., 2023) was developed to assess attitudes, normative beliefs, and behavioral beliefs pertaining to leashing and leashing restrictions in natural areas. This instrument was designed for a study conducted with a sample of adult participants comprised of dog owners and those without dogs in Victoria (Australia). The current constructs were measured in this sample using a total of 15 items created by the authors. Reliability results were reported for these items.

Keywords

Dogs, Environmental Attitudes, Interspecies Interaction, Social Norms, Environmental Policy, Nature (Environment), Environmental Measures, Beliefs About Control over One’s Dog While Off-Leash, Beliefs About the Benefits to Dogs of Being Off-Leash in Natural Areas, Perception That Dogs Are Discriminated Against in Natural Areas, Social Norms About Dog Leashing

Authors

van Eeden, Lily M.; Geschke, Andrew; Hames, Fern; Squires, Zoe E.; Weston, Michael A.

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Purpose

The purpose of this questionnaire is to measure dog owners’ behaviors, beliefs pertaining to leashing dogs in natural areas, and attitudes toward restrictions on dogs’ access to natural areas.

Validity

No data is Available.

Reliability

Internal Consistency: Cronbach’s alphas for the factors ranged from .705 to .822. The authors noted that the factors were developed by identifying correlations between statements, and then by combining positively correlated statements to create new factors by averaging scores across the combined statements. These factors were created from all of the attitude and belief statements except for two items which were not aligned with any new factor that could be identified. However, these items were not removed from the final measure.

Factor Analysis

No data is Available.

Instrument

Test Type: Original Inventory/Questionnaire
Format: Responses are recorded on a 5-point scale from ‘strongly disagree (1)’ to ‘strongly agree (5).’
Language Available: English
Population Group: Human; Male; Female
Age Group: Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Population Details: Location: Australia, Respondents: Adult Participants with and without Dogs
Test Methodology: Test Reliability; Internal Consistency

Keywords

Beliefs About Control over One’s Dog While Off-Leash; Beliefs About the Benefits to Dogs of Being Off-Leash in Natural Areas; Perception That Dogs Are Discriminated Against in Natural Areas; Social Norms About Dog Leashing

Authors including

Author ORCID Identifier:

• van Eeden, Lily M.: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-9670

• Weston, Michael A.: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8717-0410

Affiliation:

• van Eeden, Lily M.: Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

• Geschke, Andrew: Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

• Hames, Fern: Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

• Squires, Zoe E.: Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

• Weston, Michael A.: Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Email addresses:

• van Eeden, Lily M.: [email protected]

Correspondence Address:
van Eeden, Lily M.: Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, [email protected]

Permissions & Fee and Test Year

Permissions: Contact Corresponding Author
Commercial: No
Fee: No
Test Year: 2023

References

van Eeden, L. M., Geschke, A., Hames, F., Squires, Z. E., & Weston, M. A. (2023). The leashing behavior of dog owners in different types of natural areas. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 28(4), 356–371. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2022.2077482

Items of the Dog Leashing Measure

Number of items: This measure consists of 15 items.
Test Items Available: No
Subscales: Social norms about dog leashing; Beliefs about control over one’s dog while off-leash; Perception that dogs are discriminated against in natural areas; Beliefs about the benefits to dogs of being off-leash in natural areas.