Šedová Iveta, Slovák Ľuboš, Ježková Ivana
Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University, Joštova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Appetite. 2016 Dec 1;107:415-424. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.102. Epub 2016 Aug 20.
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. A generalization of the results suggests that the psychological dynamics of meat eating among environmentally informed and engaged people in general may be different than in general population. Further research into this group of people is proposed, most importantly from a socio-cultural point of view.
本文呈现了关于环境研究专业研究生对肉食的态度和行为，以及他们应对由肉食及生产相关问题引发的认知失调的策略的定性研究。该研究借鉴了关于肉食问题及其所涉及心理过程的理论和实证研究，通过对深度访谈的分析发现，由于这些学生的认知和社交圈子，他们展现出与一般人群研究结果部分不同的应对策略。结果表明，尽管这些人通常在原则上并不认为肉食是错误的或不可取的，但他们充分意识到与之相关的伦理和环境问题。在他们的态度和行为中，学生们受到朋友和同学的显著影响，他们将避免肉食视为一种社会规范。结果的归纳表明，一般而言，有环境意识且积极参与的人群中肉食的心理动态可能与普通人群不同。建议对这一群体进行进一步研究，最重要的是从社会文化角度进行研究。
