The traditional vegetarians – improving attitudes toward vegetarians through emphasizing similarities between vegetarianism and traditional fasting
Abstract
The modern choices of diet are often perceived at odds with the traditional worldviews. This study aimed to test the possibility of improving attitudes toward vegetarians by emphasizing the similarity between vegetarianism and religious fasting. We expected the effects of induction to be moderated by endorsement of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation (SDO-D and SDO-E). Participants (N = 246) were randomly divided into three groups that all read a text about a traditional birthday celebration. The control group read a text about the celebration with meat-based meals, one experimental group read about a celebration with meatless dishes. In the second experimental group it was emphasized that the host became a vegetarian after years of religious fasting. Both inductions improved attitudes toward vegetarians. Only SDO-D proved to be a significant moderator, with induction exhibiting a significant effect at higher levels of SDO-D. The findings inform public communic...ations about reducing meat consumption.
Keywords:
vegetarianism / attitudes toward vegetarians / SDO / RWA / inter-group relations / ethnic identitySource:
The Journal of Social Psychology, 2022, 163Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
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IFDTTY - JOUR AU - Budžak, Anastasija AU - Branković, Marija PY - 2022 UR - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2995 AB - The modern choices of diet are often perceived at odds with the traditional worldviews. This study aimed to test the possibility of improving attitudes toward vegetarians by emphasizing the similarity between vegetarianism and religious fasting. We expected the effects of induction to be moderated by endorsement of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation (SDO-D and SDO-E). Participants (N = 246) were randomly divided into three groups that all read a text about a traditional birthday celebration. The control group read a text about the celebration with meat-based meals, one experimental group read about a celebration with meatless dishes. In the second experimental group it was emphasized that the host became a vegetarian after years of religious fasting. Both inductions improved attitudes toward vegetarians. Only SDO-D proved to be a significant moderator, with induction exhibiting a significant effect at higher levels of SDO-D. The findings inform public communications about reducing meat consumption. PB - Taylor & Francis T2 - The Journal of Social Psychology T1 - The traditional vegetarians – improving attitudes toward vegetarians through emphasizing similarities between vegetarianism and traditional fasting VL - 163 DO - 10.1080/00224545.2022.2139216 ER -
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Budžak, A.,& Branković, M.. (2022). The traditional vegetarians – improving attitudes toward vegetarians through emphasizing similarities between vegetarianism and traditional fasting. in The Journal of Social Psychology Taylor & Francis., 163. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2022.2139216
Budžak A, Branković M. The traditional vegetarians – improving attitudes toward vegetarians through emphasizing similarities between vegetarianism and traditional fasting. in The Journal of Social Psychology. 2022;163. doi:10.1080/00224545.2022.2139216 .
Budžak, Anastasija, Branković, Marija, "The traditional vegetarians – improving attitudes toward vegetarians through emphasizing similarities between vegetarianism and traditional fasting" in The Journal of Social Psychology, 163 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2022.2139216 . .