AUTHOR=Haefner Gonzalo , Schobin Janosch , Risius Antje 

TITLE=Personality traits and meat consumption: The mediating role of animal-related ethical concerns

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.995482

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.995482

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Prior research suggests that personality traits are associated with meat consumption. However, this association is not uniform across all types of meat. For instance, Big Five personality traits such as openness and agreeableness are negatively associated with red meat consumption but positively associated with fish. Using a large sample of Chilean university students (<italic>N</italic> = 1,149), we examined whether these differential meat consumption patterns can be explained by an intermediary variable of animal-related ethical values. Structural equation modeling was employed to test the hypothesized associations. The results suggest that animal-related ethical values mediate the effect of certain personality traits on the consumption of beef and poultry.</p>