Coping with unpleasant knowledge: Meat eating among students of environmental studies

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.102" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.102</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.102" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.102</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Coping with unpleasant knowledge: Meat eating among students of environmental studies
Original language description
This paper presents qualitative research on the attitudes and behaviors of environmental studies graduate students toward meat eating, and their strategies for coping with the cognitive dissonance induced by the issues related to meat eating and production. The research draws on theoretical and empirical research on the issue of meat eating and the psychological processes involved in it, and by analyzing in-depth interviews it reveals that these students exhibit partially different coping strategies than what studies on general population show, as a result of their awareness and their social circle. The results show that even though these people do not usually regard meat eating as wrong or undesirable in principle, they are well aware of the ethical and environmental issues related to it. In their attitudes and behavior the students are significantly influenced by their friends and fellow students amongst whom they perceive avoiding meat as a social norm.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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