Gallardo Fernández, Lucía (2025) “How do you know someone’s vegan?” Just ask them, a Replication of Bolderdijk and Cornelissen (2022) Using Time and Self-Identity as Predictors of Standing up. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Climate change is a growing concern in our world. A meat-free diet could reduce the effects of humans on the planet, and yet few people seem to be adopting this habit. One potential explanation for this is that meatless eating is a minority position and those who partake in it fear the stigma that expressing their opinions during social exchanges might bring. This self silencing might reinforce the idea that meatless diets are a minority and lead to others not making the change. We aimed to replicate a paper by Bolderdijk and Cornelissen, but we tried to discern why people stand up by measuring time since becoming a meatless eater and self identity, and found that meatless eaters were not hesitant to express their opinions: most of them decided to sign a petition for more meatless alternatives after others had declined to do so. We strove to discover if having been a meatless eater for a long time predicted signing, if having a high meatless-eater self-identity predicted signing, if time since becoming a meatless-eater an identity were associated, and whether self-identity mediated this effect. We only found significant effects for the association between time and identity. Methodological shortcomings such as doing the study in an online setting might help explain the results. However, our study still contributes to the literature by highlighting the complexities of standing-up behavior and the factors that might contribute to predicting when it might occur.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Sharpe, E.J. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2025 07:54 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2025 07:54 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4682 |
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