I Was a Teenage Vegan: Motivation and Maintenance of Lifestyle Movements

Cherry, Elizabeth

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“…Motivational factors related to adherence have been predominantly explored in vegan and vegetarian samples. In particular, qualitative research has suggested that the strongly held ethical and moral beliefs among these groups is key to their long-term adherence [21][22][23]. Vegetarianism has also been found to be associated with progressive moral values more generally: integrity, empathy, being liberally minded, and self-sacrifice for the greater good [22].…”

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“An Important Part of Who I am”: The Predictors of Dietary Adherence among Weight-Loss, Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, and Gluten-Free Dietary Groups

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Weight-loss diets are notorious for their low adherence, which is a barrier to efforts to reduce population rates of overweight and obesity. However, there is some evidence that adherence is better among people on other kinds of diets, such as vegan and gluten free. This study aimed to explore the predictors of dietary adherence across five restrictive dietary patterns (vegan, vegetarian, paleo, gluten free, and weight loss). This study used both qualitative and quantitative methods among 292 adult community members who were following a restrictive dietary pattern. Personality, mental health, and motivational predictors of adherence were examined. Substantial differences in adherence were found between dietary groups, with vegans and vegetarians being particularly high in adherence and gluten-free and weight-loss dieters being comparably low. Four consistent predictors of adherence across different dietary patterns were supported in both the quantitative and qualitative analyses. Self-efficacy and social identification with one’s dietary group positively predicted adherence. Conversely, being motivated in one’s dietary choices by mood or by weight control negatively predicted adherence. These findings speak to the importance of social and motivational factors in determining adherence. The results also illustrate the utility of looking beyond weight-loss dieters and virtuous individual traits for insights into how adherence may be improved.

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“An Important Part of Who I am”: The Predictors of Dietary Adherence among Weight-Loss, Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, and Gluten-Free Dietary Groups

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“…Although the literature shows that there are many ways in which non-vegetarians differ from vegetarians (see for a detailed overview Ruby, 2012), not all the differences are equally relevant for the development of a transition to a reduced meat diet. For instance, Western-style vegetarianism is often associated with non-conformist lifestyles and certain youth subcultures, such as Punk (Cherry, 2015), which are very context-dependent. As the percentage of vegetarians in the population tends to be low, studies in this field are often based on very small numbers of cases, making the results difficult to generalize.…”

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Towards a reduced meat diet: Mindset and motivation of young vegetarians, low, medium and high meat-eaters

Boer¹,

Schösler

Aiking³

2017

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This study provides insight into differences and similarities in the mindset and motivation of four dietary groups (young self-declared vegetarians, low, medium and high meat-eaters) to support the development of strategies for a general transition to a less meat-based diet. The paper highlights the value of the identity concept for our understanding of both vegetarians and meat eaters. The analysis involves a comparison of the four dietary groups focusing on the strength and the profile of their food-related motivation and their reasons for and against frequent meat eating. To check for the generalizability of the results, the analyses were performed in two samples of adults (aged 18-35) in the Netherlands (native Dutch, n = 357, and second generation Chinese Dutch, n = 350). In both samples, the vegetarians had the same level of food-related motivation as the other groups, but a different motivational profile and distinctive, taste- and animal-welfare related reasons to justify their abstinence from eating meat. The low and medium meat-eaters often considered health a reason to eat meat as well as to moderate meat eating, plus they liked to vary their meals. In these aspects they were different from both the vegetarians and the high meat-eaters. The findings are relevant for (non) governmental organizations that aim to influence dietary choices, as well as for businesses that operate in the market of meat substitutes.

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“…In sum, little research has investigated the psychological correlates of dietary patterns other than weight loss dieting, with the majority of extant work being qualitative and focused on the vegetarian community (30,33,39,50). Thus, it is unclear from the extant literature whether the psychological correlates of weight loss are specific to weight loss dieters or are general features associated with effortful restriction of one's eating pattern (11,(13)(14)(15).…”

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The psychological characteristics of people consuming vegetarian, vegan, paleo, gluten free and weight loss dietary patterns

Norwood

Cruwys

Chachay

et al. 2019

Obesity Science & Practice

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Summary Objective Previous research has identified several psychological factors associated with dietary restriction but has focused almost exclusively on the subcategory of people following a weight loss diet. Little is known about the psychological factors associated with other kinds of restrictive dietary patterns. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether the identified psychological characteristics of dieters (e.g. elevated disordered eating behaviours, poor well‐being) are a cause of dieting, follow from calorie restriction or are the result of cognitive restraint. Methods This study conducted the first direct comparison of people ( N = 393) following five different restrictive dietary patterns (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, paleo and weight loss) as well as a comparison group who were not following a specific dietary pattern. Results The weight loss group had more negative psychological characteristics than all other groups, reporting the highest levels of eating disorder symptoms ( M = 1.50), food cravings ( M = 69.39), emotional eating ( M = 2.97) and negative affect ( M = 19.72). By contrast, several of the other restrictive dietary groups showed a number of psychological strengths, relative to the comparison group. This was particularly apparent among the paleo group, who reported the lowest levels of eating disorder symptoms ( M = 0.74), food cravings ( M = 47.63), emotional eating ( M = 2.30) and negative affect ( M = 14.81). By contrast, people following vegetarian and gluten free diets were largely the same as the non‐restricted comparison group in their psychological characteristics. Conclusions People adhering to different dietary patterns showed stark differences in their psychological characteristics. Indeed, some restrictive dietary patterns (paleo and vegan) were associated with more positive psychological characteristics than seen in an unrestricted comparison group. This suggests that the psychological risk factors seen in weight loss dieters are not attributable to a restrictive dietary regimen per se .

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I Was a Teenage Vegan: Motivation and Maintenance of Lifestyle Movements

Cited by 113 publications

References 38 publications

“An Important Part of Who I am”: The Predictors of Dietary Adherence among Weight-Loss, Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, and Gluten-Free Dietary Groups

“An Important Part of Who I am”: The Predictors of Dietary Adherence among Weight-Loss, Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, and Gluten-Free Dietary Groups

Towards a reduced meat diet: Mindset and motivation of young vegetarians, low, medium and high meat-eaters

The psychological characteristics of people consuming vegetarian, vegan, paleo, gluten free and weight loss dietary patterns

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