Sustainable Consumption: The Psychology of Individual Choice, Identity, and Behavior

Ruby, Matthew B.; Walker, Iain; Watkins, Hanne M

doi:10.1111/josi.12376

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“…First, we focus on the three-level categorization of factors influencing food choice, namely food-related features, individual differences, and society-related features. However, recent research also pointed out the important roles in determining food choice, played by natural environment such as climate change [ 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 ], natural resources [ 146 , 147 , 148 ], as well as food production and supply chain [ 149 ]. Ideally, these factors should be also included into the conceptual framework.…”

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Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society

Chen

Antonelli

2020

Foods

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Understanding individual food choices is critical for transforming the current food system to ensure healthiness of people and sustainability of the planet. Throughout the years, researchers from different fields have proposed conceptual models addressing factors influencing the food choice, recognized as a key leverage to improve planetary and human health. However, a multidisciplinary approach is needed to better understand how different factors are involved and interact with each other in the decision-making process. The present paper reviews and analyzes existing models, providing an intact point-of-view by integrating key elements into a bigger framework. Key determinants of general food choice are identified and categorized, including food-internal factor (sensory and perceptual features), food-external factors (information, social environment, physical environment), personal-state factors (biological features and physiological needs, psychological components, habits and experiences), cognitive factors (knowledge and skills, attitude, liking and preference, anticipated consequences, and personal identity), as well as sociocultural factors (culture, economic variables, political elements). Moreover, possible directions of influence among the factors towards final food choice were discussed. The need of multidisciplinary impulses across research field with the support of empirical data are crucial for understanding factors influencing food choice as well as for enriching existing conceptual models. The framework proposed here would serve as a roadmap for facilitating communications and collaborations between research fields in a structural and systematic way.

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Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society

Chen

Antonelli

2020

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“…Most recommendation systems, relying solely on historical data, do not take into account the changing elements [ 69 ] of IBF, the person, and the environment. The problem may be that historical information is not the right kind of information or that the medium by which the product information is delivered does not meet the person’s expectations [ 18 , 81 ].…”

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Forecasting the nearly unforecastable: why aren’t airline bookings adhering to the prediction algorithm?

Thirumuruganathan

Jung

Robillos

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Electron Commer Res

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Using 27 million flight bookings for 2 years from a major international airline company, we built a Next Likely Destination model to ascertain customers’ next flight booking. The resulting model achieves an 89% predictive accuracy using historical data. A unique aspect of the model is the incorporation of self-competence, where the model defers when it cannot reasonably make a recommendation. We then compare the performance of the Next Likely Destination model in a real-life consumer study with 35,000 actual airline customers. In the user study, the model obtains a 51% predictive accuracy. What happened? The Individual Behavior Framework theory provides insights into possibly explaining this inconsistency in evaluation outcomes. Research results indicate that algorithmic approaches in competitive industries must account for shifting customer preferences, changes to the travel environment, and confounding business effects rather than relying solely on historical data.

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“…More recently, a vocal minority across several U.S. states has started protesting for an end to stay-at-home restrictions, citing that stay at home-rules challenge basic principles of autonomy and individual liberty ( DeBrabander, 2020 ). Recent data note that some of these U.S. states, including Arizona, Texas, and Florida, are now seeing sharp surges in new COVID-19 infections ( Ruby et al, 2020 ). These examples indicate the uniquely U.S. American proclivity for fending for oneself and charting one's path, despite the health risks.…”

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COVID-19 pandemic lessons to facilitate future engagement in the global climate crisis

Perkins

Munguía

Ellenbecker

et al. 2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in January 2020. Since then, 10 million cases and nearly 500,000 deaths have been reported globally. The sudden coronavirus global pandemic has also pointed to the importance of tackling the global climate crisis even more urgently. This article discusses six lessons drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic that can inform and facilitate greater future engagement in the global climate crisis. These lessons were identified through monitoring and analyzing media coverage of COVID-19 related events during the initial onset of COVID-19 in late January 2020 to June 30, 2020. The key lessons included the potentiality of reducing fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse emissions, the significance of responding late, a case for strong sustainability, the limits of rugged individualism, a (mis)trust in science, and the possibility of large-scale change. The insights put forward point to the fact that, like the COVID-19 pandemic, people need to continue to attach their health to expectations of government action in the context of the global climate crisis.

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Sustainable Consumption: The Psychology of Individual Choice, Identity, and Behavior

Cited by 24 publications

References 37 publications

Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society

Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society

Forecasting the nearly unforecastable: why aren’t airline bookings adhering to the prediction algorithm?

COVID-19 pandemic lessons to facilitate future engagement in the global climate crisis

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