Vegans’ Motivations and Social Interactions: A Person-Centred Approach Judge, M. (University of Melbourne), Fernando, J. (University of Melbourne), Tan, N. (University of Melbourne) Research suggests that interactions with morally-motivated minority groups such as vegans can threaten the self-concept of non-vegans and produce negative backlash. In the current research, we explore this phenomenon from the target’s […]

Comparing Motivations and Attitudes of Vegetarians and Vegans Ruby, M. (La Trobe University) Although a relatively large body of work has examined vegetarianism, empirical work on vegans is sparse. To better understand current veg*n motivations and attitudes, we recruited a sample of vegetarians (221 USA, 208 Australia), and vegans (372 USA, 228 Australia) via social […]

A Mixed Methods Approach to Explore Definitions of Veganism North, M. (Deakin University), Kothe, E. (Misinformation Lab, Deakin University), Klas, A. (Misinformation Lab, Deakin University), Ling, M. (Misinformation Lab, Deakin University) There has been substantial interest in examining socio-psychological determinants of veganism. However, there remains inconsistency within the literature and public discourse on the definition […]

Emotion Regulation Knowledge Greenaway, K. (University of Melbourne), Kalokerinos, E. K. (University of Newcastle) Decades of research has built a solid scientific understanding of the impact of emotion regulation strategies on emotion outcomes. Researchers are the generators and gatekeepers of this understanding; thus, we do not know the degree to which laypeople have access to […]