Forestell Catherine A, Nezlek John B
a Department of Psychological Sciences , The College of William & Mary , Williamsburg , VA , USA.
b Institute of Psychology , SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities , Poznań , Poland.
Ecol Food Nutr. 2018 May-Jun;57(3):246-259. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2018.1455675. Epub 2018 Mar 29.
This study investigated whether vegetarians and omnivores differ in their personality characteristics. We measured the five factor model of personality and depressive symptoms in vegetarians, who avoided meat and fish (n = 276); semi-vegetarians, who ate some meat and/or fish (n = 1191); and omnivores (n = 4955). Although vegetarians and semi-vegetarians were more open to new experiences, they were more neurotic and depressed than omnivores. Neither conscientiousness nor agreeableness varied as a function of dietary habits. These findings contribute to our understanding about differences between vegetarians' and omnivores' personalities, which might help us better understand individual differences in food preferences.
本研究调查了素食者和杂食者在人格特征上是否存在差异。我们测量了素食者（不吃肉和鱼，n = 276）、半素食者（吃一些肉和/或鱼，n = 1191）和杂食者（n = 4955）的人格五因素模型和抑郁症状。虽然素食者和半素食者对新体验更开放，但他们比杂食者更容易神经质和抑郁。尽责性和宜人性都不会因饮食习惯而有所不同。这些发现有助于我们理解素食者和杂食者在人格上的差异，这可能有助于我们更好地理解食物偏好上的个体差异。
