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When the good is stronger than the bad: relationships between well-being and perceived social approval and disapproval of dietary habit among vegetarians.
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Journal of Positive Psychology . Jun2024, p1-11. 11p. 4 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The ‘Bad’ is often described as more influential than the ‘Good’. We examined this possibility for relationships between well-being and feedback from others about their diets among vegetarians, and we found that the ‘Good’ was stronger than the ‘Bad’. Participants were 982 vegetarians who completed measures of well-being (depression, anxiety, satisfaction with life, purpose and search for meaning in life, self-esteem, and loneliness). They also answered questions about the approval and disapproval they perceived they received because of their diets from friends, family members, and strangers. Each measure of well-being was regressed onto measures of perceived approval and perceived disapproval, separately for each source. The analyses found that for feedback from all three sources, well-being was related to perceived approval more consistently than it was related to perceived disapproval. Approval may influence well-being more than disapproval does, at least within the context we studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17439760
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Positive Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177696913
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2024.2362429