Happy but Vegetarian? Understanding the Relationship of Vegetarian Subjective Well-Being from the Nature-Connectedness Perspective of University Students

Krizanova, Jana; Guardiola, Jorge

doi:10.1007/s11482-020-09872-9

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“…Section 3 describes the method adopted to investigate the extreme case of vegan food experiences in Norway. Differently from the recent study about vegetarianism, understood in a broad way, and subjective well-being by Krizanova et al [16] that is quantitative, this study approach has a qualitative approach and triangulates several data sources. Section 4 presents and discusses the main findings, including some epistemological reflections on the adopted multidisciplinary approach.…”

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The Vegan Food Experience: Searching for Happiness in the Norwegian Foodscape

Bertella¹

2020

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The purpose of this study was to go beyond an oversimplified representation of the vegan food experience and approach the investigation of such experience, in particular of happiness deriving from food choices, including factors at the macro and micro level. Broadening the concept of foodscape to emphasize the experiential aspect of food, this study explored how the vegan food experience can be described as a situated story about vegans searching for hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Veganism in a Norwegian context was investigated through analysis of various secondary and primary data sources, including newspapers, social media, websites, interviews, and observation. The findings suggested that the story framing the vegan food experience is characterized by a fundamental lack of interest and knowledge about plant-based food and veganism at the macro level. At the micro level, the story concerns vegans experiencing sensuous gratification, enjoyment, conviviality, and meaningfulness in limited groups, but also isolation and frustration. This study contributes to an approach to vegan food experiences that takes into consideration contextual factors, as well as relevant well-being related emotions at the individual level. From a practical point of view, this study provides an opportunity, in particular for government bodies, to improve information about the potential benefits and challenges of plant-based diets and confront possible discriminatory attitudes towards vegans.

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The Vegan Food Experience: Searching for Happiness in the Norwegian Foodscape

Bertella¹

2020

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“…The idea of connectedness to nature has been conceptualized and measured in different ways in the literature; for example, Schultz (2002) developed the Inclusion of Nature in Self Scale to measure the degree to which an individual includes nature in the conception of self, whereas Mayer and Frantz (2004) developed the connectedness to nature scale (CNS) to assess an individual's affective and experiential connection with nature. Numerous previous studies have found a positive relationship between some form of connection with nature and a wide range of pro-environmental behaviours (e.g., Gosling & Williams, 2010;Ibáñez-Rueda et al, 2020;Kim et al, 2018;Krizanova & Guardiola, 2020;Mackay & Schmitt, 2019;Martin et al, 2020;Nisbet et al, 2009;Yusliza et al, 2020). In contrast to this literature, the influence that connectedness to nature may have on residential water use remains largely unexplored.…”

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The role of nature contact and connectedness to nature as determinants of household water use: A case study from Spain

Ibáñez-Rueda

Guardiola

González‐Gómez

2021

Water & Environment J

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One of the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 6 is to increase water use efficiency in all sectors. In the domestic sphere, water consumption is largely conditioned by the habits and behaviour of individuals. In this study, we investigate for the first time the influence of connectedness to and contact with nature on five different uses of water at home. Using ordered probit regressions with a sample of 874 students from the University of Granada (Spain), we found that connectedness to nature and nature contact is positively or non-significantly related to different dimensions of water efficiency. The results indicate that in order to encourage pro-environmental water use habits at home, efforts should be made to develop an ecocentric vision in schools and to promote school trips to explore and understand the nearest natural areas. These policies should be adapted to a wider international context as a way of addressing the global problem of water scarcity.

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“…Empirical evidence showed positive SWB effects from various pro-environmental behavior dimensions, including recycling behavior (e.g., [34,49]), sustainable and local consumption behavior (e.g., [44,50,51]), energy-saving behavior (e.g., [37]), and vegetarian food consumption [52]. Even though a positive relationship could not be established in every study (for example, the authors of [53] did not find a positive relationship between energy-saving behavior and SWB), there is broad empirical evidence for positive effects of pro-environmental behavior on SWB from various continents, including North and South America, Europe, and Asia [19].…”

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Stadium Travel and Subjective Well-Being of Football Spectators

2022

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In the context of leisure travel in sport, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to promote public health and combat climate change may be addressed simultaneously. This study investigates football spectators’ carbon footprint that is generated from traveling to the stadium. It also examines the effects of stadium travel and everyday pro-environmental behavior on spectators’ subjective well-being. The study uses data that were gathered from an online survey in Germany in 2021 (n = 1605). For a detailed carbon footprint assessment, spectators were allowed to indicate multiple transportation means if they switched them during their stadium journey. Seemingly unrelated regression models were calculated to examine the effect of transportation behavior (i.e., stadium travel) and everyday recycling, consumption, and energy-saving behavior on life satisfaction and happiness. Traveling to a home game caused an average carbon footprint of 7.79 kg CO2-e per spectator, or 190.4 tons CO2-e for all home game spectators. Regression results showed that sustainable consumption increased both well-being measures while recycling behavior only positively contributed to happiness. Stadium travel and energy-saving behavior showed no significant effect. These findings implicate that achieving both sustainable development goals can go hand in hand in some contexts of pro-environmental behavior, but not in all dimensions.

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Happy but Vegetarian? Understanding the Relationship of Vegetarian Subjective Well-Being from the Nature-Connectedness Perspective of University Students

Cited by 11 publications

References 96 publications

The Vegan Food Experience: Searching for Happiness in the Norwegian Foodscape

The Vegan Food Experience: Searching for Happiness in the Norwegian Foodscape

The role of nature contact and connectedness to nature as determinants of household water use: A case study from Spain

Stadium Travel and Subjective Well-Being of Football Spectators

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