Camille Langlais (docteure en psychologie, ATER, LPCN, université de Caen Normandie), Christophe Demarque (MC, LPS, université Aix-Marseille), Maxime Mauduy (MC, LPS, Paris Cité), Laurent Waroquier (MC, PsyCLE, université Aix-Marseille), Marine Le Moal (université de Caen Normandie) et Cécile Sénémeaud (PR, LPCN, université de Caen Normandie) ont publié un nouvel article dans la revue Appetite.
Langlais, C., Demarque, C., Mauduy, M., Waroquier, L., Le Moal, M., & Sénémeaud, C. (2025). ‘Limiting Climate Change’or ‘Finding Substitutes’: How Does Action Identification Influence Meat Consumption Reduction Among Young Adults?. Appetite, 214, 108167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108167
Abstract
Transitioning to plant-based diets is crucial for building more sustainable food systems and mitigating climate change. However, understanding how laypeople perceive the reduction of meat consumption and how these representations influence food preferences remains underexplored. According to Action Identification Theory, (1) people identify actions in various ways, from means to complex reasons, and (2) emphasizing practical means is a lever to reduce the negative impact of difficulty on action execution (i.e., the optimality hypothesis). In a first correlational study (N = 481), when participants were asked “what one does when limiting meat consumption?”, they identified one set of means and three types of reasons: environmental, health-related, and ethical. Subsequently, although confirmatory analysis did not support the optimality hypothesis, an exploratory latent profile analysis revealed a tendency to focus on means when the action was difficult. However, this did not lead to a stronger intention to reduce meat intake, as only respondents perceiving both reasons and means exhibited greater engagement. In a second study (N = 165), the main analysis did not confirm the optimality hypothesis between action identification and difficulty at the experimental level, but an exploratory analysis indicated that depicting means (vs. reasons) could mitigate the negative effect of past meat consumption on food choices in an in-lab task. Taken together, these two studies suggest that Action Identification Theory could be a relevant framework for examining sustainable food practices. However, further research is needed to establish the effectiveness of means-focused strategies in disrupting the negative influence of habits on switching to more sustainable diets.
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Celui-ci a été publié dans la revue Appetite (IF : 3.8) une revue de recherche internationale spécialisée dans les influences culturelles, sociales, psychologiques, sensorielles et physiologiques sur le choix et la consommation d’aliments et de boissons.
Camille Langlais (docteure en psychologie, ATER, LPCN) a soutenu sa thèse en psychologie intitulée : « Vite, ça chauffe : faut-il réduire la distance psychologique au changement climatique pour favoriser les écogestes ? » en mai 2025 au LPCN, sous la direction de Cécile Sénémeaud (PR, LPCN) et de Christophe Démarque (MC, ALLSH, Aix Marseille Université).
