Gender Threat and Meat Consumption Among Adolescents: Gender Differences and the Moderating Role of the Symbolic Meanings of Foods
Description
This dataset contains anonymized data from a research project examining the effect of gender threat on meat consumption and the moderating role of the symbolic meaning of food among adolescents. The research was based on the hypothesis that gender threat would influence adolescents’ meat consumption behaviors. Specifically, when individuals experience a threat to their gender identity, they may engage in behaviors that help restore their threatened gender identity. Given that meat consumption is often symbolically associated with masculinity, gender threat may increase adolescents’ preference for and consumption of meat. Furthermore, the symbolic meaning of food was hypothesized to moderate the effect of gender threat on meat consumption, such that the influence of gender threat would be stronger when meat was perceived as more closely related to gender identity. The dataset includes data from three studies. A preliminary study examined the relationship between gender and meat consumption. Study 1 and Study 2 further investigated the causal effect of gender threat on meat consumption and examined the moderating role of food symbolism through experimental designs. The data were collected from adolescent participants through questionnaire surveys and behavioral experiments. The dataset includes anonymized demographic information, experimental conditions, gender-role characteristics, manipulation check measures, food choice and consumption measures, and other relevant psychological variables. No personally identifiable information is included. The results showed that gender threat significantly influenced meat consumption-related behaviors, and this effect was moderated by the symbolic meaning of food. These data provide evidence for understanding how gender-related psychological processes influence eating behavior and can be used for replication, secondary analyses, and further investigations into the social psychological mechanisms underlying food choice.
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Institutions
- Hunan Normal UniversityHunan, Changsha