Heartfulness in Vegans, Vegetarians, and Omnivores

Voll, Antonia; Jost, Leonardo; Jansen, Petra

doi:10.3390/ijerph20064943

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“…In contrast, vegetarians and vegans tend to be more open to new experiences, compatible, spiritual, intelligent, and empathetic (Tan et al, 2021). and have higher self-compassion values (Voll et al, 2023).…”

Section: A Vegetarian Diet -One Aspect Of Sustainabilitymentioning

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Are Character Strengths and Attitudes towards Vegetarian Food Related?

Jansen

Rahe

Hoja

et al. 2023

Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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One aspect of sustainable consumption behavior is the shift to a vegetarian diet. This study investigates if individual factors, like character strengths, are related to attitudes toward vegetarian food. Additionally, the study examines potential variations in character strengths between vegetarians/vegans and omnivores, as well as whether there are differences in explicit and implicit affective attitudes towards vegetarian and meat-based diets. A total of 210 participants filled out a demographic questionnaire, a scale measuring character strength, an explicit rating task, and an affective priming task that involved images of both vegetarian and meat-based food. The results showed that there was no difference in the explicit and implicit rating of meat-based food compared to vegetarian food for omnivore people. Vegetarians/vegans rated vegetarian food explicitly and implicitly more positively than meat-based food. Only the four character strengths of prudence, appreciation of beauty and excellence, humor, and teamwork, besides the diet type (vegetarians/vegans vs. omnivores), predicted the explicit attitudes toward vegetarian food. Vegetarians/vegans and omnivores only differed in the character strengths of love of learning and forgiveness. This study provides evidence that the explicit and implicit attitudes towards vegetarian food are concordant for vegetarians and vegans with their diet choice. Furthermore, the relationship between character strengths and explicit attitudes toward vegetarian food is weak, which hints that those individual transformative qualities (Woiwode et al., 2021) toward sustainable attitude and behavior should be investigated carefully and in-depth.

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Section: A Vegetarian Diet -One Aspect Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Are Character Strengths and Attitudes towards Vegetarian Food Related?

Jansen

Rahe

Hoja

et al. 2023

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Compromised values: a comparative response during the COVID-19 crisis by ethical vegans and vegetarians

Díaz,

Almiron,

Aranceta-Reboredo

2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Animal advocacy is a complex phenomenon. As a social movement encompassing diverse moral stances and lifestyle choices, veganism and vegetarianism (veg*) are at its core, and animal testing raises as a notably contentious issue within its members. This paper addresses this critical topic. Employing data from an international quantitative survey conducted between June and July 2021, our research explores how ethical vegans and vegetarians responded during the COVID-19 crisis. By comparing the experiences and choices between the two groups, we aimed to understand the variances in attitudes and behaviors in the face of an ethical dilemma, highlighting the interplay between personal beliefs and social pressures in times of a health crisis. Our findings reveal stark contrasts in how vegans and vegetarians navigated the pandemic; vegans displayed less conformity yet experienced a significant compromise of their ethical values, particularly in their overwhelming acceptance of vaccination. This study enhances the field of veg* research and social movement studies by exploring how a social crisis shapes members’ behaviors and perspectives. Our findings also contribute to a better understanding of the challenges and prejudices that a minority group such as vegans may face and how they cope with the pressure to go against the mainstream at a time when society is polarized by a single discourse that goes against their moral values.

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Unpacking Consumer Preferences: Perceptions and Sustainability of Packaging Material for Orange Juice

Dlamini,

Mayhew,

Nolden

2024

Sustainability

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Understanding the motivation behind consumers’ packaging choices is crucial to providing insights for achieving environmental sustainability outcomes. Here, we examined the influence of product attributes (packaging type, packaging claim, product claim, and price) and consumers factors (e.g., diet type, demographic information) driving orange juice selection. Participants residing in the USA (n = 847) responded to an online survey including: (1) a check-all-that-apply (CATA) to valued beverage characteristics question; (2) a choice-based conjoint task with packaging type, packaging claim, product claim, and price as the attributes; (3) a question tasking respondents to rank packaging material from their perception of the least to most sustainable; and (4) demographic questions. The conjoint analysis revealed that price was the most important attribute, particularly the lowest price. This study revealed that the most ideal orange juice option was packaged in glass, labelled as 100% recyclable, locally produced, and priced at $1.10 per 12 fl. oz. Not only was glass the most preferred packaging type, but it was also incorrectly perceived as the most sustainable. The intention to purchase sustainable packaging was the most important predictor of attribute relative importance (RI) and packaging utilities, followed by effectiveness perception, which only predicted the RI of price. Thus, for consumers to make more sustainable choices, education initiatives need to direct consumers to more sustainable, yet affordable, choices, while considering that purchase intention and effectiveness perception are key attitudinal drivers.

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Heartfulness in Vegans, Vegetarians, and Omnivores

Cited by 3 publications

References 73 publications

Are Character Strengths and Attitudes towards Vegetarian Food Related?

Are Character Strengths and Attitudes towards Vegetarian Food Related?

Compromised values: a comparative response during the COVID-19 crisis by ethical vegans and vegetarians

Unpacking Consumer Preferences: Perceptions and Sustainability of Packaging Material for Orange Juice

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