Given that many furries indicate that their fursonas come, at least in part, from within themselves,1
we have tested the extent to which furries perceived their fursonas as being similar to themselves.
In one study, furries indicated that their fursona’s personality was very similar to their own, with 35% of furries saying that they were virtually identical.2
In another study, we asked furries to distinguish between physical similarity, psychological similarity, and behavioural similarity.3
The results, displayed in the figure below, show that furries feel psychologically and behaviourally similar to their fursonas, though the similarities apply far less when it comes to skin-deep physical similarities.
can i ask for some scale about fursona ，i am a college student major in psychology ，i am planning to design a experiment about fursona and furrius self identity in china，thanks a lot for all of you.You guys give me a lot of ideas for research!
Thank you your inquiry 🙂 The first question is what aspect of fursona are you trying to measure as it relates to identity? E.g., How long have you had your fursona? How similar are you to your fursona? Types of attributes for the fursona, etc., are the kinds of question you can ask before you can operatinalize them. In our book, which is available for free to read/download here, you might find Chapter 7 helpful to get started and pay particular attention to Table 7.1 page 158. Happy Reading!