Rationalizing meat consumption. The 4Ns

Appetite

Volumn 91, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-128

  Piazza, Jared ^a   Ruby, Matthew B ^b   Loughnan, Steve ^c   Luong, Mischel ^d   Kulik, Juliana ^b   Watkins, Hanne M ^d   Seigerman, Mirra ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Attitudes; Justification; Meat; Rationalization; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEEF; CHICKEN; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; OMNIVORE; PORK; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ETHICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY; VEGAN DIET; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; DIET; DIET, VEGAN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATIONALIZATION; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928407085     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.04.011     Document Type: Article

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