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Moderating role of perceived behavioral control in the theory of planned behavior: A preregistered study
Full text linkInvestigators frequently rely on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as a conceptual framework to explain and predict human behavior in a variety of behavioral domains. Much of this research has focused on predicting behavioral intentions from attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, typically by examining the additive effects of these constructs. However, in the original formulation of the TPB, perceived behavioral control was postulated to moderate the influence of attitude and subjective norm on intention. This tenet of the TPB has been drawing increasing attention in recent years. In a preregistered program of research conducted in two European countries (Germany and UK) concerning two different behaviors (exercising and reducing energy consumption), we found empirical support for the postulated moderating effects. The results suggest that as scores on perceived behavioral control increase, the strength of the association between attitude and intention increases as well, whereas the strength of the association between subjective norm and intention decreases. Implications of these findings for theory and future research are discussed
Entomophagy: A contribution to the understanding of consumer intention
No full textIn recent years, many scholars pointed out edible insects as an excellent source of protein and fat, both in terms of efficiency and sustainability. In addition, there is a growing interest of the business world and academia towards the topic, and it is feasible to hypothesize that edible insects can become a consumption trend in the next future. In addition, indirect entomophagy (i.e., eating animals fed with insects) seem one of the most promising paths for reducing the ecological footprint of livestock. Many studies tried to identify the psychological barriers of Western consumers against the eating of insects, but there is a lack of research on how neophobia and disgust contribute to explain this aversion towards direct and indirect entomophagy. The aim of the present study is to understand how Westerners intention of eating insects changes accordingly to different visual stimuli and to highlight the role of neophobia and disgust in influencing intention to eat different insect-based foods. Results show that, whereas disgust seem more involved as regards the aversion towards raw insects, food neophobia may perform better in predicting the acceptance of processed insects and indirect entomophagy
Edible insects and global food security
Full text linkStarting in 2008 and lasting up until 2011, the crisis in agricultural and, in particular, cereal prices triggered a period of riots that spread from the Mediterranean basin to the rest of the world, reaching from Asia to Central America and the African continent. [...]
Fitting planes to Early-Type galaxies: MIST for the determination of the fundamental plane
No full textFitting planes to Early-Type galaxies: MIST for the determination of the fundamental plane
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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