dc.contributor.supervisor |
Mesler, Rhiannon |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ghafoorifard, Neda |
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dc.contributor.author |
University of Lethbridge. Dhillon School of Business |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-11-22T18:19:50Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-11-22T18:19:50Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10133/6092 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The experience of downward changes in one’s financial situation is common so that most consumers will experience it during their lifetime such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Limited research, however, has examined the impact of economic hardship on consumers’ food-related behavior. Using a sample of Canadians and Americans (n = 519; Mage = 38.4; SDage = 13.6; 46.2% female; 85% lived alone) I identify that economic hardship significantly and negatively predicts consumer food waste behavior, so economic hardship leads consumers to waste less food. I also find a positive indirect effect wherein economic hardship positively predicts ontological insecurity, the aversive feeling of being overwhelmed and out of control, which in turn positively predicts over-consumption and in turn higher food waste. This preliminary work opens the door to future research exploring a potentially rich avenue of research on the implications of adverse economic events on consumer food choice, consumption, and disposal. |
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dc.language.iso |
en_CA |
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dc.publisher |
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dhillon School of Business |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Dhillon School of Business) |
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dc.subject |
food waste |
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dc.subject |
over-consumption |
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dc.subject |
scarcity |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Food waste |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Consumption (Economics) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Food consumption -- Economics |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Scarcity |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Consumer behavior |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Anxiety |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Economic security |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Waste (Economics) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Finance, Personal |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Households -- Economic aspects |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Income |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Job security |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Well-being -- Psychological aspects |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Well-being -- Economic aspects |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Dissertations, Academic |
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dc.title |
Economic hardship, ontological insecurity, and household food waste |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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dc.publisher.faculty |
Dhillon School of Business |
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dc.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.proquest.subject |
0338 |
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dc.proquestyes |
Yes |
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