Ask any cat person to describe their feline friend， and theyll likely affectionately say “jerkface”. Cat people also know， however， that each little fuzzy jerkface is its very own personality.

According to new research， each cats personality and behavior can be defined using a combination of just seven traits.

The research was undertaken by way of a 138-question survey， posted on animal welfare website Petsofi， and filled out by the cats owners. This is because cats can behave very differently in a laboratory environment than the way they behave at home， so observing them in an experiment could yield inaccurate results.

The questionnaire asked people to enter， among other things， their cats sex， age， breed， coat color， and main activity. The humans were also asked to fill out the questionnaire a second time after an interval had passed. This allowed the researchers to gauge the accuracy of the reports by comparing the two surveys.

如果讓貓主人描述自家的貓，他們可能會(huì)親昵地稱(chēng)之為“小討厭”。但是，貓主人也知道，每只毛茸茸的小討厭都有自己的個(gè)性。

新研究指出，按照個(gè)性和行為特征可以把貓分為7種類(lèi)型。

研究人員通過(guò)一份138道題的問(wèn)卷展開(kāi)調(diào)查，這份問(wèn)卷發(fā)布在動(dòng)物福利網(wǎng)站Petsofi上并由貓主人來(lái)填寫(xiě)。因?yàn)樨堅(jiān)趯?shí)驗(yàn)室環(huán)境中和在家中的行為方式差異很大，所以在實(shí)驗(yàn)室中觀察貓可能會(huì)得出不準(zhǔn)確的結(jié)果。

問(wèn)卷上要求填寫(xiě)貓的性別、年齡、品種、毛色和主要活動(dòng)等信息。研究人員隔了一段時(shí)間后會(huì)請(qǐng)貓主人再次填寫(xiě)同樣的問(wèn)卷。這讓研究人員可以通過(guò)比較兩次調(diào)查結(jié)果來(lái)判斷報(bào)告的準(zhǔn)確度。

The final sample consisted of 4，316 cats. From these， the researchers were able to narrow cat traits down to seven traits—five personality traits and two behavioral traits.

Activity/playfulness

Fearfulness

Aggression towards humans

Sociability towards humans

Sociability towards cats

Litterbox issues （such as refusing to use the litterbox， or using it poorly）

Excessive grooming

Perhaps unsurprisingly， the results also revealed that different breeds skew towards different personality traits.

“The most fearful breed was the Russian Blue， while the Abyssinian was the least fearful，” says veterinary scientist Hannes Lohi of the University of Helsinki.

“The Bengal was the most active breed， while the Persian and Exotic were the most passive. The breeds exhibiting the most excessive grooming were the Siamese and Balinese， while the Turkish Van breed scored considerably higher in aggression towards humans and lower in sociability towards cats.”

The research has been published in Animals.

最終樣本涵蓋了4316只貓。通過(guò)這些樣本，研究人員得以將貓的性格類(lèi)型縮減至7種—5種個(gè)性特征和2種行為特征。

活潑好動(dòng)型

膽小懦弱型

敵視人類(lèi)型

與人交好型

與貓交好型

邋遢型（比如，不愿在貓砂盆里排便，或?qū)⑴判刮锱玫教幎际牵?/p>

臭美型

結(jié)果還揭示，不同品種的貓指向不同的性格特征，這也許并不令人意外。

赫爾辛基大學(xué)的獸醫(yī)學(xué)家漢內(nèi)斯·洛希說(shuō)：“最膽小的貓咪品種是俄羅斯藍(lán)貓，而阿比西尼亞貓是膽子最大的?！?/p>

“孟加拉豹貓是最好動(dòng)的貓，而波斯貓和異國(guó)貓是最懶得動(dòng)的。最臭美的貓是暹羅貓和巴厘貓。土耳其梵貓非常敵視人類(lèi)，對(duì)貓也不友好?！?/p>

該研究被發(fā)表在《動(dòng)物》期刊上。

Word Study

trait /tre?t/ n. 特征，特性，特點(diǎn)

yield /ji?ld/ v. 產(chǎn)生;提供;屈服;放棄

n. 產(chǎn)量;產(chǎn)出;利潤(rùn)

The research has yielded useful information.

gauge /ɡe?d?/ v. 判定，判斷;估計(jì)

n. 尺度，標(biāo)準(zhǔn);測(cè)量?jī)x器

He tried to gauge her mood.

skew /skju?/ v. 偏離;歪曲;曲解;使不公允