Meat-related cognitive dissonance: A conceptual framework for understanding how meat eaters reduce negative arousal from eating animals

H Rothgerber - Appetite, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Meat eaters encounter a conflict between their eating behavior and their affections toward
animals. Because this “meat paradox” highlights discrepancies between behavior and …

Reducing meat consumption in developed and transition countries to counter climate change and biodiversity loss: a review of influence factors

S Stoll-Kleemann, UJ Schmidt - Regional Environmental Change, 2017‏ - Springer
A dietary shift towards reduced meat consumption is an efficient strategy for countering
biodiversity loss and climate change in regions (developed and transition countries) where …

[ספר][B] The new psychology of health: Unlocking the social cure

C Haslam, J Jetten, T Cruwys, G Dingle, SA Haslam - 2018‏ - taylorfrancis.com
British Psychology Society Textbook of the Year 2020 Why do people who are more socially
connected live longer and have better health than those who are socially isolated? Why are …

The moral standing of animals: Towards a psychology of speciesism.

L Caviola, JAC Everett, NS Faber - Journal of personality and …, 2019‏ - psycnet.apa.org
We introduce and investigate the philosophical concept of 'speciesism'—the assignment of
different moral worth based on species membership—as a psychological construct. In five …

The psychology of vegetarianism: Recent advances and future directions

DL Rosenfeld - Appetite, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Whereas vegetarianism has long garnered attention from nutritional science and
philosophy, psychological research exploring this eating behavior has emerged only in the …

Dealing with dissonance: A review of cognitive dissonance reduction

A McGrath - Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
This article provides an overview of research about cognitive dissonance reduction. Over the
past 60 years, researchers have produced significant theoretical and empirical contributions …

Rationalizing meat consumption. The 4Ns

J Piazza, MB Ruby, S Loughnan, M Luong, J Kulik… - Appetite, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Recent theorizing suggests that the 4Ns–that is, the belief that eating meat is natural,
normal, necessary, and nice–are common rationalizations people use to defend their choice …

Resolving the meat-paradox: A motivational account of morally troublesome behavior and its maintenance

B Bastian, S Loughnan - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
A majority of people the world over eat meat, yet many of these same people experience
discomfort when the meat on their plate is linked to the death of animals. We draw on this …

“Green to be seen” and “brown to keep down”: Visibility moderates the effect of identity on pro-environmental behavior

C Brick, DK Sherman, HS Kim - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Social identities predict pro-environmental behavior, but the strength may depend on
whether the behavior is visible to others. When an environmentalist considers a pro …

Meat, beyond the plate. Data-driven hypotheses for understanding consumer willingness to adopt a more plant-based diet

J Graça, A Oliveira, MM Calheiros - Appetite, 2015‏ - Elsevier
A shift towards reduced meat consumption and a more plant-based diet is endorsed to
promote sustainability, improve public health, and minimize animal suffering. However, large …