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Full Length
Research Paper
Coping appraisal and affinity towards vegetarianism among a
group of civil servants of Oyo state, Nigeria
Ibrahim, Fausat
Motunrayo
*Department of Agricultural Extension and Management,
Federal College of Forestry, P.M.B. 5087, Ibadan, Oyo State,
Nigeria. Email:
motunib@yahoo.com;
Mobile Phone Number: +234-8055822100
Received 29 May, 2010; Accepted 21 July, 2010
Vegetarianism holds great promises for attenuating the
scourge of chronic human illnesses and ensuring
environmental sustainability. It is gaining reputation as a
responsible option. Hence, a methodical look at a seemingly
under investigated, socio-psychological aspect of
vegetarianism is called for. As such, self and response
efficacy as well as affinity, with regards to vegetarianism
were investigated among 565 government ministries employees.
The mean affinity score almost bipolarized respondents as
54.9% scored above the mean while 45.1% scored below the
mean. The relationship between self and response efficacy on
one hand and affinity on the other is quite strong (R =
0.452; R2 = 0.204; p < 0.05). Results of
t- test and ANOVA shows that age, religion and education are
significantly associated with affinity towards vegetarianism
(p< 0.05). Being older, Muslim and highly educated
are associated with better affinity towards vegetarianism.
There is optimism for vegetarianism in the study area, but
there is the need to strengthen campaign for ensuring same.
Keywords: Vegetarianism, affinity, coping appraisal,
response efficacy, self efficacy. |