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Coping appraisal and affinity towards vegetarianism among a group of civil servants of Oyo state, Nigeria

Abstract

Ibrahim, Fausat Motunrayo

Vegetarianism holds great promises for attenuating the scourge of chronic human illnesses and ensuring environmental sustainability. It is gainin g 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 wer e investigated among 565 government ministries employ ees. 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; R 2 = 0.204; p < 0.05). Results of t- test and ANOVA shows that a ge, 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 vegetariani sm. There is optimism for vegetarianism in the stud y area, but there is the need to strengthen campaign for ensuring same

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