Table 1 Results of logistic regression analyses on the association between different environmental factors and the response variables. P values are controlled for false discovery rate. N = 5726 (personality trait analyses), N = 4925 (wool sucking analysis), N = 5683 (excessive grooming analysis), N = 5550 (owner-evaluated behaviour problem analysis).

From: Early weaning increases aggression and stereotypic behaviour in cats

Variable

Aggression to family members

Aggression to strangers

Aggression to cats

Shyness to strangers

Contact

DF

χ2

P value

χ2

P value

χ2

P value

χ2

P value

χ2

P value

Weaning age

17.62

0.042

26.6

0.003

19.02

0.028

5.22

0.700

10.64

0.238

7

Sex

0.95

0.466

7.74

0.021

14.17

0.001

6.37

0.027

49.32

0.0005

1

Age

0.21

0.749

13.02

0.002

63.22

0.001

19.04

0.0004

42.52

0.0005

1

Hormonal status

6.03

0.042

5.54

0.057

40.43

0.001

49.11

0.0004

4.71

0.061

1

Breed

110.96

0.001

117.44

0.001

104.12

0.001

196.65

0.0004

146.68

0.0005

18

Access to outdoors

  

25.92

0.001

25.94

0.001

    

5

Other cats

69.42

0.001

18.47

0.001

37.16

0.001

4.77

0.057

7.20

0.019

1

Shyness

  

4.93

0.078

27.17

0.001

  

269.71

0.0005

1

Extraversion

4.87

0.073

    

78.62

0.0004

  

1

 

Shyness to novel objects

Wool sucking

Excessive grooming

Owner-evaluated behaviour problem

   

Variable

χ 2

P value

χ 2

P value

χ 2

P value

χ 2

P value

DF

Weaning age

8.39

0.401

24.4

0.005

16.08

0.102

18.96

0.071

7

Sex

0.13

0.783

1.18

0.401

0.12

0.841

0.05

0.897

1

Age

18.65

0.0004

20.29

0.001

4.89

0.107

23.34

0.004

1

Hormonal status

63.99

0.0004

      

1

Breed

171.94

0.0004

103.39

0.001

43.63

0.027

43.24

0.018

18

Access to outdoors

26.57

0.0004

57.09

0.001

19.49

0.037

  

5

Other cats

12.47

0.001

    

4.34

0.159

1

Shyness

  

39.59

0.001

31.96

0.01

42.55

0.004

1

Extraversion

42.47

0.0004

15.45

0.001

5.03

0.105

  

1

Aggression

  

14.52

0.001

26.61

0.01

129.57

0.004

1

Stereotypic behaviour

      

43.97

0.004

1