Gender differences in eating behavior and environmental attitudes

• Verfasst von: Mertens, Alica [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Krause, Mischa von [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Denk, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Heitz, Theresia [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Gender differences in eating behavior and environmental attitudes
• Titelzusatz: the mediating role of the Dark Triad
• Verf.angabe: Alica Mertens, Mischa von Krause, Alexandra Denk, Theresia Heitz
• Jahr: 2021
• Jahr des Originals: 2020
• Fussnoten: Available online 8 September 2020 ; Gesehen am 23.12.2020
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Personality and individual differences
• Ort Quelle: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1980
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 168(2021) Artikel-Nummer 110359, 7 Seiten
• ISSN Quelle: 1873-3549
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110359
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Dark Triad
• Sach-SW: Environmental attitudes
• Sach-SW: Gender differences
• Sach-SW: Machiavellianism
• Sach-SW: Meat-eating justification
• Sach-SW: Psychopathy
• K10plus-PPN: 1743547242

Abstract

Recently, Machiavellianism was identified as potential mediator explaining gender differences in meat-eating justification strategies, which in turn predicted meat consumption. The current study aimed to - on the one hand - replicate this empirical finding and to - on the other hand - investigate the mediating role of the Dark Triad with regard to gender differences in pro-environmental attitudes. Five-hundred-forty-eight participants took part in the study. Women compared to men justified meat-eating less and held more positive attitudes toward the environment. More importantly, we replicated the finding that the association between gender and meat-eating justification strategies is mediated by Machiavellianism. Additionally, the association between gender and pro-environmental attitudes was mediated by psychopathy. These findings support the idea that while Machiavellianism is an important mediator explaining gender differences in meat-eating justification strategies, psychopathy is able to explain gender differences in attitudes toward the environment.