宠物接触对责任归因的影响: 感知危害性的中介作用

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2026.1888

心理学报 ›› 2026, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (9): 1888-1899.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2026.1888 cstr: 32110.14.2026.1888

宠物接触对责任归因的影响: 感知危害性的中介作用

徐科朋^1,2,3,4, 颜杰¹, 陈佳莉¹, 薛宏^1,2, 白登选⁵, 林爽^1,2, 张姝玥^1,2

¹广西师范大学教育学部心理学系;
²广西认知科学与心理健康重点实验室, 桂林 541004;
³琼台师范学院海南省儿童认知与行为发展重点实验室, 海口 570100;
⁴上海交通大学中国文化心理学研究院, 上海 200000;
⁵河西学院智能信息研究所, 甘肃张掖 734000

收稿日期:2025-09-13 发布日期:2026-07-29 出版日期:2026-09-25
通讯作者: 林爽, E-mail: lins000@126.com; 张姝玥, E-mail: shuyuezh@126.com
基金资助:
国家自然科学基金(62461021), 教育部人文社会科学一般项目(24YJAZH185), 广西自然科学面上项目(2025JJA180105), 海南省儿童认知与行为发展重点实验室开放课题(2025KF01), 中国文化心理学研究院“深耕计划”科学研究项目(FF0010507)

The impact of pet contact on responsibility attribution: The mediating role of perceived harmfulness

XU Kepeng^1,2,3,4, YAN Jie¹, CHEN Jiali¹, XUE Hong^1,2, BAI Dengxuan⁵, LIN Shuang^1,2, ZHANG Shuyue^1,2

¹Department of psychology, Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China;
²Guangxi Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Guilin 541004, China;
³Qiongtai Normal University Key Laboratory of Child Cognition & Behavior Development of Hainan Province, Haikou 570100, China;
⁴Institute of Chinese Cultural Psychology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200000, China;
⁵Institute of Intelligent Information, Hexi University, Zhangye 734000, China

Received:2025-09-13 Online:2026-07-29 Published:2026-09-25

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 随着居民生活水平提升, 宠物饲养已成为城市家庭中极为普遍的现象, 而频发的宠物伤人事件受到社会大众高度关注, 但个体在此类情境中的责任归因心理机制尚未得到系统性探究。本文通过4项递进式研究, 考察宠物接触对责任归因的影响。结果显示, 宠物接触显著降低个体对宠物方(宠物及其主人)的责任归因。中介机制分析进一步发现, 这一效应通过降低个体对宠物的感知危害性实现: 随着宠物接触增加, 感知危害性的降低会减少个体对宠物方的责任归因, 进而降低对被咬方的赔偿支持。微型元分析表明, 在起因模糊情境下, 宠物接触对责任归因的降低作用稳定且可重复。这些发现证实在人宠冲突情境中, 宠物接触经验能够塑造归因判断, 为公众舆论调解与引导提供了心理学依据。

关键词: 宠物接触, 责任归因, 感知危害性, 赔偿支持

Abstract: With the growing integration of pets into urban life, pet-related injuries have become more common. These incidents often involve ambiguous causes, leading to public disagreement over responsibility. Psychologically, how people assign blame in ambiguous situations is not well understood. We propose that pet contact influences responsibility attribution, hypothesizing that more pet contact would result in less blame being assigned to the pet party diad (the pet and its owner), especially when the cause of the incident is unclear, and that this effect would occur through reduced perceived pet harmfulness. This reduction in perceived harmfulness was also expected to subsequently decrease support for victim compensation, extending the attributional chain to behavioral intentions.
Four studies were conducted with Chinese adults recruited online and locally. Study 1 (N = 156) was a cross-sectional survey measuring self-reported pet contact and responsibility attribution across two types of pet injury scenarios: clear and ambiguous. Study 2 (N = 189) experimentally manipulated pet contact via an imagination task. Study 3 (N = 210) used video priming. Study 4 (N = 156) employed real interactions in a real pet store versus a real store. Measures included pet contact frequency, perceived harmfulness, responsibility attribution to the pet party, and support for victim compensation. The analyses used ANOVA, linear mixed models, and mediation analysis, controlling for pet ownership, age, gender, and pet liking.
Study 1 showed that more pet contact predicted less responsibility attribution to the pet party diad in ambiguous scenarios (β = -0.45, p = 0.010), but no effect in clear situations. Study 2 found that the pet contact group attributed less responsibility to pet party diad (p < 0.001) and perceived pets as less harmful, with mediation confirmed (95% CI [-0.25, -0.04]). Study 3 replicated this finding and demonstrated a sequential mediation: from pet contact to lower perceived harmfulness, then to reduced responsibility, and finally to lower support for victim compensation (95% CI [-0.44, -0.10]). Study 4, implemented in a real setting, again supported the sequential mediation (95% CI [-0.60, -0.10]). A mini meta-analysis of Studies 2-4 showed a consistent medium effect (Cohen’s d = -0.44, 95% CI [-0.81, -0.07]).
This research shows that pet contact reduces responsibility attributions by lowering perceived harmfulness, and supports the application of attribution theory to human-animal interactions. The findings highlight how personal experience can systematically shape causal inference in ambiguous contexts. Practically, they help explain public disagreements over pet-related disputes and suggest that pet contact history may unconsciously bias judgments of blame and compensation. Future research should examine boundary conditions such as pet type and negative contact experiences.

Key words: pet contact, responsibility attribution, perceived harmfulness, support for victim compensation

徐科朋, 颜杰, 陈佳莉, 薛宏, 白登选, 林爽, 张姝玥. (2026). 宠物接触对责任归因的影响: 感知危害性的中介作用. 心理学报, 58(9), 1888-1899.

XU Kepeng, YAN Jie, CHEN Jiali, XUE Hong, BAI Dengxuan, LIN Shuang, ZHANG Shuyue. (2026). The impact of pet contact on responsibility attribution: The mediating role of perceived harmfulness. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 58(9), 1888-1899.

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