Association between time perspective and organic food consumption in a large sample of adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organic food intake has risen in many countries during the past decades. Even though motivations associated with such choice have been studied, psychological traits preceding these motivations have rarely been explored. Consideration of future consequences (CFC) represents the extent to which individuals consider future versus immediate consequences of their current behaviors. Consequently, a future oriented personality may be an important characteristic of organic food consumers. The objective was to analyze the association between CFC and organic food consumption in a large sample of the adult general population.

Methods

In 2014, a sample of 27,634 participants from the NutriNet-Santé cohort study completed the CFC questionnaire and an Organic-Food Frequency que

SUBMITTER: Benard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5755405 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature