Gutenberg Open Science: Minor and inconsistent differences in Big Five personality traits between vegetarians and vegans

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dc.contributor.author	Müssig, Markus	-
dc.contributor.author	Pfeiler, Tamara M.	-
dc.contributor.author	Egloff, Boris	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-14T07:55:37Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-06-14T07:55:37Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/7128	-
dc.description.abstract	Most research examining individuals who follow different diets has combined vegetarians and vegans into a single group. To investigate whether this consolidation is justified, we analyzed possible differences between vegetarians and vegans for the Big Five personality traits in two studies. In our pre-study, we used data from a German convenience sample of 400 vegetarians and 749 vegans and found that vegans reported slightly higher scores in Openness compared to vegetarians (d = 0.22). In the preregistered main study, we used data provided by 1203 vegetarians and 128 vegans from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study; we found that vegetarians reported slightly higher scores in Neuroticism compared to vegans (d = 0.18) but did not differ in Openness. We found no differences in Conscientiousness, Extraversion, or Agreeableness in either study. Controlling for the sociodemographic variables of age, gender, and socio-economic status did not alter the pattern of results. Overall, these results suggest that there are no or only small differences in Openness or Neuroticism between vegetarians and vegans. Further studies utilizing very large, representative samples are needed to better understand the relationship between personality and diet groups.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	-
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychologie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychology	en_GB
dc.title	Minor and inconsistent differences in Big Five personality traits between vegetarians and vegans	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7114	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport	de
jgu.organisation.number	7910	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	PLOS ONE	de
jgu.journal.volume	17	de
jgu.journal.issue	6	de
jgu.pages.alternative	e0268896	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	PLOS	de
jgu.publisher.place	San Francisco, California, US	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1932-6203	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	150	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1371/journal.pone.0268896	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften	-
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