Using Food Frequency Questionnaires to Measure Traits: A Case Study of Human Consumption of Animals and Animal Products
Measuring human consumption of animals and animal products (HCAAP) is challenging but often important for researchers and animal rights advocates. We contribute to measuring HCAAP by conceptualizing that consumption as a trait. In 3 studies, we analyzed responses from traditional Food Frequency Ques...
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| author | Adam Feltz Jacob Caton Zac Cogley Mylan Engel, Jr. Silke Feltz Ramona Ilea L. Syd M. Johnson Tom Offer-Westort |
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| description | Measuring human consumption of animals and animal products (HCAAP) is challenging but often important for researchers and animal rights advocates. We contribute to measuring HCAAP by conceptualizing that consumption as a trait. In 3 studies, we analyzed responses from traditional Food Frequency Questionnaires and created two measures of HCAAP traits based on 24-hour and 3-month self-reports. Studies 1 (N = 249) and 2 (N = 265) evaluated the item-level properties of 24-hour and 3-month self-reports, eliminating items that were not likely to provide much information about the underlying trait of HCAAP. Study 3 (N = 252) provided evidence that the two measures were predicted by knowledge of animals as food, meat-eating rationalizations, numeracy, sex, and political orientation. These results suggest that the two instruments could be used to measure HCAAP as a trait. We offer suggestions as to when using the two instruments may be beneficial. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ccb954d7bdb46d796c94045bb61e1062024-02-08T10:47:35ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyPsychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations2750-66492023-05-01210.5964/phair.10145phair.10145Using Food Frequency Questionnaires to Measure Traits: A Case Study of Human Consumption of Animals and Animal ProductsAdam Feltz0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4188-0617Jacob Caton1Zac Cogley2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1995-4467Mylan Engel, Jr.3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-7195Silke Feltz4Ramona Ilea5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6184-9110L. Syd M. Johnson6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9486-4613Tom Offer-Westort7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6863-8199Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USADepartment of English and Philosophy, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USABalto Software, Saint Louis, MO, USANorthern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USAPacific University, Forest Grove, OR, USACenter for Bioethics and Humanities, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USAMeasuring human consumption of animals and animal products (HCAAP) is challenging but often important for researchers and animal rights advocates. We contribute to measuring HCAAP by conceptualizing that consumption as a trait. In 3 studies, we analyzed responses from traditional Food Frequency Questionnaires and created two measures of HCAAP traits based on 24-hour and 3-month self-reports. Studies 1 (N = 249) and 2 (N = 265) evaluated the item-level properties of 24-hour and 3-month self-reports, eliminating items that were not likely to provide much information about the underlying trait of HCAAP. Study 3 (N = 252) provided evidence that the two measures were predicted by knowledge of animals as food, meat-eating rationalizations, numeracy, sex, and political orientation. These results suggest that the two instruments could be used to measure HCAAP as a trait. We offer suggestions as to when using the two instruments may be beneficial.https://doi.org/10.5964/phair.10145meat consumptionknowledge4nsmeasurement |
| spellingShingle | Adam Feltz Jacob Caton Zac Cogley Mylan Engel, Jr. Silke Feltz Ramona Ilea L. Syd M. Johnson Tom Offer-Westort Using Food Frequency Questionnaires to Measure Traits: A Case Study of Human Consumption of Animals and Animal Products Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations meat consumption knowledge 4ns measurement |
| title | Using Food Frequency Questionnaires to Measure Traits: A Case Study of Human Consumption of Animals and Animal Products |
| title_full | Using Food Frequency Questionnaires to Measure Traits: A Case Study of Human Consumption of Animals and Animal Products |
| title_fullStr | Using Food Frequency Questionnaires to Measure Traits: A Case Study of Human Consumption of Animals and Animal Products |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Food Frequency Questionnaires to Measure Traits: A Case Study of Human Consumption of Animals and Animal Products |
| title_short | Using Food Frequency Questionnaires to Measure Traits: A Case Study of Human Consumption of Animals and Animal Products |
| title_sort | using food frequency questionnaires to measure traits a case study of human consumption of animals and animal products |
| topic | meat consumption knowledge 4ns measurement |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5964/phair.10145 |
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