SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
William & Mary.
J Soc Psychol. 2021 Sep 3;161(5):519-525. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2020.1867042. Epub 2020 Dec 29.
In a series of studies conducted in the USA and Poland, we found that vegetarianism can serve as a basis for the formation of personal relationships. Consistent with research on the similarity-attraction effect, we found that vegetarians were more likely than omnivores to have friends and lovers who were vegetarians. In study 1, vegetarians reported that their diets were a more important part of their identities than omnivores did. In studies 2, 3, and 4, we found that vegetarians were three to six times more likely to have vegetarian friends than omnivores were. In study 4, we found that vegetarians were 12 times more likely to have romantic partners who were vegetarians than omnivores were. These results suggest that following a vegetarian or an omnivorous diet is an important influence on an individual's choice of relational partners, possibly because dietary choice is part of an individual's social identity.
在一系列于美国和波兰进行的研究中，我们发现素食主义可以成为建立人际关系的基础。与相似性吸引效应的研究一致，我们发现素食者比杂食者更有可能拥有同样是素食者的朋友和爱人。在研究 1 中，素食者表示，他们的饮食比杂食者更能体现他们的身份。在研究 2、3 和 4 中，我们发现素食者拥有素食朋友的可能性比杂食者高 3 到 6 倍。在研究 4 中，我们发现素食者拥有素食伴侣的可能性比杂食者高 12 倍。这些结果表明，选择素食或杂食是个体选择关系伴侣的一个重要影响因素，这可能是因为饮食选择是个体社会身份的一部分。
