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Ideological bases of attitudes towards meat abstention: Vegetarianism as a threat to the cultural and economic status quo.
- Source :
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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations . Sep2022, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p1534-1554. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Those on the political right engage in greater meat consumption and animal exploitation than their left-wing counterparts. Previous research suggests this is because they view vegetarianism as threatening the nation's dietary customs and economy. Across two studies, I extend this concept of "vegetarianism threat" by showing that it separates into two distinct dimensions of concern: cultural (symbolic) threats and economic (realistic) threats. The resultant multidimensional scale allows a finer grained understanding of the roots of ideology-based threat responses to meat-free movements. Together, results implicate symbolic concerns as the key element of vegetarianism threat contributing to negative attitudes towards meat abstention and its proponents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13684302
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158631235
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211020356