Attitudes Toward Meat and Plants in Vegetarians

摘要: One of the most striking differences between vegetarians and meat eaters would seemingly exist in their cognitive, affective, behavioral tendencies toward plant-based sources diet. The present chapter reviews extant research on such attitudinal differences. Much relatively older literature focused explicit attitudes meat, relied small samples from North America United Kingdom, was overly liberal defining what constitutes a vegetarian, generally failed to analyze vegetarian subgroups. Nonetheless, it seems clear this work that expressed strong antimeat attitudes. Recent studies have been more sensitive how they operationalized vegetarianism examined available evidence suggests may help distinguish semi- true vegetarians, vegans other health ethical vegetarians. final section review speculates role values, attitudes, beliefs play both decision adopt diet maintenance. author at least for about animals are important than choosing become vegetarian. Conversely, expected salient negative following conversion, part because cognitive dissonance pressures, moralization, social identity processes.