Attitudes and purchase intentions of Polish university students towards food made from insects - A modelling approach

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dc.contributor.authorMikulec, Anna T.
dc.contributor.authorPlatta, Anna M.
dc.contributor.authorRadzymińska, Monika
dc.contributor.authorRuszkowska, Millena
dc.contributor.authorMikulec, Karolina
dc.contributor.authorSuwała, Grzegorz
dc.contributor.authorKowalski, Stanisław
dc.contributor.authorKowalczewski, Przemysław Łukasz
dc.contributor.authorNowicki, Marcin
dc.contributor.editorNowicki, Marcin
dc.contributor.organizationFaculty of Engineering Sciences, University of Applied Science in Nowy Sącz, Nowy Sącz, Polanden
dc.contributor.organizationFaculty of Management and Quality Science, Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Polanden
dc.contributor.organizationFaculty of Economic Sciences, Institute of Management Science and Quality, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Polanden
dc.contributor.organizationGraduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, Warszawa, Polanden
dc.contributor.organizationDepartment of Food Product Quality, Kraków University of Economics, Kraków, Polanden
dc.contributor.organizationFaculty of Food Technology, Department of Carbohydrate Technology and Cereal Processing, University of Agriculture in Kraków Poland, Kraków, Polanden
dc.contributor.organizationDepartment of Food Technology of Plant Origin, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Polanden
dc.contributor.organizationDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of Americaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-02T11:39:07Z
dc.date.available2024-04-02T11:39:07Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-29
dc.description.abstractThe marketing of insect-derived protein has led to the development of respective legal regulations on such insects-based foods in the European Union. Despite the interest in the area of insect-based food, European researchers have paid relatively little attention to consumer attitudes and behaviors towards such products or the factors that may affect them. Attempts undertaken so far in this respect are insufficient; therefore, there is a need to continue and expand research in this field. The present study attempts to verify the following research hypotheses: H1. Attitudes towards food containing insects are related to the attributes/characteristics of these products, care for health and the natural environment, and attitudes towards novelty (neophilic/neophobic); H2. Intentions to purchase food containing insects can be predicted based on attitudes towards food from insects, product attributes, and attitudes towards environmental health and novelties. An empirical study was conducted among university students (N = 1063) by an indirect interview method using a specially designed questionnaire, via an online platform (Computer-Assisted Web Interview, CAWI) in November 2023. The questionnaire was validated by assessing the construction validity and estimating the reliability of the scales used. The study results demonstrated that the attributes of insect-based food products can influence the positive attitudes towards them and behavioral intentions to consume them, and that the strength of the impact of health quality traits is far greater than that of the organoleptic or functional traits. A negative, statistically significant value of the correlation coefficient between neophobic attitude and intention to purchase this type of food was observed. Thus, respondents without food neophobia were characterized by a positive attitude towards the purchase of foods containing edible insects in their composition.en
dc.identifier.citationMikulec AT, Platta AM, Radzymińska M, Ruszkowska M, Mikulec K, Suwała G, et al. (2024) Attitudes and purchase intentions of polish university students towards food made from insects—A modelling approach. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0300871. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0300871.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0300871
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/24130
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowe*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titleAttitudes and purchase intentions of Polish university students towards food made from insects - A modelling approachen
dc.typearticleen
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