Meat Consumption and Commitments on Meat Policy

Combining Individual and Public Health

Bibliographic Data

ID4228686
AuthorsRalf Becker (0000-0003-0146-5275), Elisabeth Kals (0000-0002-4715-4555), Petra Fr÷hlich (Universität Trier)
Year2004
Volume9
Issue1
Pages143-155
Publication date2004-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105304036109
PMID14683576
OpenAlexW1967644966
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Although meat consumption plays a significant role for individual and public health, there is only little empirical research on the motives of meat consumption informed by health psychology and hardly any on socio-political commitments concerning general meat production taking on a public health perspective. To fill this gap, a questionnaire study was conducted to examine the links between both disciplines. Correlational and multiple regression analyses reveal that individual meat consumption is primarily based on self-centred judgments of control beliefs protecting ones health and of taste, whereas socio-political commitments are based on a mixture of selfcentred judgments and animal ethics. Based on these results, it is concluded, that models on health behaviour should integrate the social perspective, and that in intervention programs issues of individual as well as public health should be given equal importance

Consumption (sociology · Economics · Empirical research · Environmental health · Health psychology · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Processed meat · Public economics · Public health · Social science · Sociology · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Food Science · Social Psychology

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