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Understanding Westerners' disgust for the eating of insects : The role of food neophobia and implicit associations. / La Barbera, Francesco; Verneaua, Fabio; Amato, Mario; Grunert, Klaus G.
In: Food Quality and Preference, Vol. 64, 2018, p. 120-125.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Westerners' disgust for the eating of insects
T2 - The role of food neophobia and implicit associations
AU - La Barbera, Francesco
AU - Verneaua, Fabio
AU - Amato, Mario
AU - Grunert, Klaus G
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The interest for the potential introduction of insects in the human diet is progressively increasing and several benefits for both human health and the environment have been hypothesised. However, especially in Western Countries, this trend could be jeopardized by the aversion that people show for insects as food. In the present paper, we study the impact of food neo-phobia and disgust on the intention to eat insect based food, and we look at how disgust is related to implicit attitude towards insects. Results show that both food neo-phobia and disgust make independent contributions to the intention to eat insects, and the explanatory power of disgust is considerably higher. Moreover, a significant effect of implicit attitude on disgust and an indirect effect of implicit attitude on intention mediated by disgust have been found. Implications for attempts to encourage people to incorporate insect-based foods into their diet are discussed, with special reference to the role of implicit association in determining the disgust reaction.
AB - The interest for the potential introduction of insects in the human diet is progressively increasing and several benefits for both human health and the environment have been hypothesised. However, especially in Western Countries, this trend could be jeopardized by the aversion that people show for insects as food. In the present paper, we study the impact of food neo-phobia and disgust on the intention to eat insect based food, and we look at how disgust is related to implicit attitude towards insects. Results show that both food neo-phobia and disgust make independent contributions to the intention to eat insects, and the explanatory power of disgust is considerably higher. Moreover, a significant effect of implicit attitude on disgust and an indirect effect of implicit attitude on intention mediated by disgust have been found. Implications for attempts to encourage people to incorporate insect-based foods into their diet are discussed, with special reference to the role of implicit association in determining the disgust reaction.
KW - ATTITUDES
KW - CONSUMPTION
KW - Consumer behaviour
KW - DETERMINANTS
KW - Disgust
KW - EXPLICIT
KW - HUMANS
KW - INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES
KW - Implicit attitudes
KW - Insects
KW - MEAT
KW - Neo-phobia
KW - PREDICTIVE-VALIDITY
KW - SENSORY-LIKING
KW - WILLINGNESS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031412084&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.10.002
M3 - Journal article
VL - 64
SP - 120
EP - 125
JO - Food Quality and Preference
JF - Food Quality and Preference
SN - 0950-3293
ER -