Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile.
MAPP Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Food Res Int. 2017 Jun;96:198-205. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.04.003. Epub 2017 Apr 6.
The aims of this study were to test the relationships between food neophobia, satisfaction with food-related life and food technology neophobia, distinguishing consumer segments according to these variables and characterizing them according to willingness to purchase food produced with novel technologies. A survey was conducted with 372 university students (mean aged=20.4years, SD=2.4). The questionnaire included the Abbreviated version of the Food Technology Neophobia Scale (AFTNS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and a 6-item version of the Food Neophobia Scale (FNS). Using confirmatory factor analysis, it was confirmed that SWFL correlated inversely with FNS, whereas FNS correlated inversely with AFTNS. No relationship was found between SWFL and AFTNS. Two main segments were identified using cluster analysis; these segments differed according to gender and family size. Group 1 (57.8%) possessed higher AFTNS and FNS scores than Group 2 (28.5%). However, these groups did not differ in their SWFL scores. Group 1 was less willing to purchase foods produced with new technologies than Group 2. The AFTNS and the 6-item version of the FNS are suitable instruments to measure acceptance of foods produced using new technologies in South American developing countries. The AFTNS constitutes a parsimonious alternative for the international study of food technology neophobia.
本研究旨在检验食物恐惧、对食物相关生活的满意度与食物技术恐惧之间的关系，根据这些变量区分消费群体，并根据他们对使用新技术生产的食品的购买意愿对其进行特征描述。对 372 名大学生（平均年龄=20.4 岁，标准差=2.4）进行了调查。问卷包括食物技术恐惧量表（AFTNS）的简化版、生活满意度量表（SWLS）和食物恐惧量表（FNS）的 6 项版本。通过验证性因素分析，证实 SWFL 与 FNS 呈负相关，而 FNS 与 AFTNS 呈负相关。SWFL 与 AFTNS 之间没有关系。使用聚类分析确定了两个主要群体；这些群体根据性别和家庭规模而有所不同。第 1 组（57.8%）的 AFTNS 和 FNS 得分高于第 2 组（28.5%）。然而，这些群体在 SWFL 得分上没有差异。第 1 组比第 2 组更不愿意购买使用新技术生产的食品。AFTNS 和 FNS 的 6 项版本是测量南美发展中国家对使用新技术生产的食品接受程度的合适工具。AFTNS 是国际食物技术恐惧研究的一种简化选择。
