Model of the process of adopting vegetarian diets: Health vegetarians and ethical vegetarians
Model of the process of adopting vegetarian diets: Health vegetarians and ethical vegetarians
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10.1016/s0022-3182(98)70319-x
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发表时间：
1998-07-01
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Sobal, J
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作者：
Jabs, J;Devine, CM;Sobal, J
出于对健康和动物福利的关注，人们对素食的兴趣越来越大。这项研究调查了青少年或成年人素食者的经历。十九个自我认定的成年素食者，从一个城市的素食团体使用雪球抽样招募，参加了定性访谈。大多数受访者是受过良好教育的欧美背景的中产阶级成年人，尽管他们的年龄和性别以及素食的类型和持续时间各不相同。采用常数比较法对这些定性数据进行分析。一个过程模型描述了素食的采用。两种类型的素食者，健康和道德，根据受访者的主要原因采取素食饮食。健康素食者的动机是感知疾病的威胁和与素食污垢相关的潜在健康益处。道德素食主义者的动机是出于道德考虑，并将素食视为一种将饮食行为与动物福利的信仰和价值观相结合的方式。素食的接受受到素食对健康和道德影响、对动物源性食物的生理厌恶和hfe转变的信息的影响。这些发现可以帮助营养教育工作者制定策略，与采用素食的客户合作，并扩大对食物选择行为的理解。
Interest in vegetarian diets is growing due to health and animal welfare concerns. This study examined the experiences of individuals who adopted vegetarian diets as adolescents or adults. Nineteen self-identified adult vegetarians, recruited from a vegetarian group in one city using snowball sampling, participated in qualitative interviews. The majority of respondents were well-educated, middle-class adults of European-American backgrounds, although they varied in age and sex as well as type and duration of vegetarian diet. The constant comparative method was used for analysis of these qualitative data. A process model describing the adoption of vegetarian diets was developed. Two types of vegetarians, health and ethical, were identified based on respondents' major reasons for adopting a vegetarian diet. Health vegetarians were motivated by a perceived threat of disease and the potential health benefits associated with Vegetarian dirts. Ethical vegetarians were motivated Ly moral considerations and Viewed a vegetarian diet as a way to align dietary behaviors with beliefs and values about animal welfare. Adoption of a vegetarian diet was influenced by the receipt of information about the health and ethical impacts of vegetarian diets, physical aversions to animal-derived food, and hfe transitions. These findings can assist nutrition educators in developing strategies to work With clients adopting vegetarian diets and expand understanding of food choice behavior.