Replacement of meat with non-meat protein sources: a review of the drivers and inhibitors in developed countries

MR Eckl, S Biesbroek, P Van't Veer, JM Geleijnse - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The overconsumption of meat has been charged with contributing to poor health and
environmental degradation. Replacing meat with non-meat protein sources is one strategy …

Show me the impact: Communicating “behavioral impact message” to promote pro-environmental consumer behavior

X Sheng, X Zhang, X Zhou - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023 - Elsevier
Showing the impact of pro-environmental behavior is crucial to its adoption. In this paper, we
introduce behavioral impact messages, which attempt to persuade people by displaying …

Explaining consumer purchase behavior for organic milk: Including trust and green self-identity within the theory of planned behavior

V Carfora, C Cavallo, D Caso, T Del Giudice… - Food Quality and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to investigate, from a psychological perspective, the elements that
are able to predict attitudes to, and purchases of, organic products. Our specific focus was …

Two birds, one stone: The effectiveness of health and environmental messages to reduce meat consumption and encourage pro-environmental behavioral spillover

E Wolstenholme, W Poortinga, L Whitmarsh - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is a growing consensus that reducing excess meat consumption will be necessary to
meet climate change targets, whilst also benefitting people's health. Strategies aimed at …

How to reduce red and processed meat consumption by daily text messages targeting environment or health benefits

V Carfora, P Catellani, D Caso, M Conner - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current study tested the impact of different messaging interventions on changing attitude
and behaviour in relation to Red and Processed Meat Consumption (RPMC). The study …

A cognitive-emotional model to explain message framing effects: Reducing meat consumption

V Carfora, M Pastore, P Catellani - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We tested the plausibility of a cognitive-emotional model to understand the effects of
messages framed in terms of gain, non-loss, non-gain, and loss, and related to the health …

Informational and emotional daily messages to reduce red and processed meat consumption

V Carfora, M Bertolotti, P Catellani - Appetite, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study we tested a daily messaging intervention aimed at promoting the
reduction of red and processed meat consumption (RPMC). We randomly allocated 180 …

Dialogue management in conversational agents through psychology of persuasion and machine learning

V Carfora, F Di Massimo, R Rastelli, P Catellani… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2020 - Springer
To be really effective, conversational agents must integrate well with the characteristics of
the humans with whom they interact. This exploratory study focuses on a method for …

Predicting and promoting the consumption of plant-based meat

V Carfora, M Morandi, P Catellani - British Food Journal, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The present research aimed to understand how to predict and promote plant-based
meat (PBM) consumption. Design/methodology/approach In Study 1 (N= 550), the authors …

Pulling the field out of a “One Variable, One Role” mindset: maximizing the theoretical value of interaction terms in communication's mediation models

RL Holbert, H Song, ME Ellithorpe… - Human …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recent analytical work reveals the need to assess mediated interactions (independent
variable-by-mediator multiplicative terms) in mediation models to ensure the proper …