The thesis examines the perspective of consumer psychology on the topic of food consumption and healthy eating. In particular, the goal of the thesis is to study and understand the emotional and motivational factors underlying consumers' food choices. One construct that has been particularly explored is engagement: towards food (food involvement) and towards health (health engagement). The perspective of this thesis is that the person's level of involvement in their food and health management modulates their relationship with food, the motivations behind their choices, and their behaviors (healthy or not). The thesis includes three studies: a scoping review with the aim of identifying the impact of food restrictions on the quality of life of patients with IBD, and to understand if these are related to frequent non-adherence to a healthy dietary style; a survey-based study, with the aim of profiling consumers through cluster analysis using the k-means method to identify behavioral and motivational patterns in food choices; an eye-tracking study to verify how involvement towards health and food modulates food preferences in a situation where mood was manipulated to be negative.
La tesi la prospettiva della psicologia dei consumi sul tema dei consumi alimentari e dell’alimentazione sana. In particolare, l’obiettivo della tesi è quindi quello di studiare e comprendere gli aspetti emotivi e motivazionali sottostanti alle scelte alimentari dei consumatori. Un costrutto, inoltre, che è stato particolarmente approfondito è quello del coinvolgimento: verso l’alimentazione (food involvement), e verso la salute (health engagement). La prospettiva di questa tesi è che il livello di coinvolgimento della persona nei confronti della propria alimentazione e della gestione della propria saluta moduli la sua relazione con il cibo, le motivazioni dietro alla sua scelta, e i comportamenti (sani o meno). La tesi include tre studi: una scoping review con l’obiettivo di identificare l’impatto delle restrizioni alimentari sulla qualità di vita di pazienti con MICI, e di capire se queste sono legate alla frequente non-aderenza ad uno stile alimentare sano; uno studio survey based, con l’obiettivo di profilare i consumatori attraverso una cluster analysis col metodo delle k-medie per identificare pattern comportamentali e motivazionali nelle scelte alimentari; uno studio basato su dati di eye-tracking per verificare come il coinvolgimento verso la salute e il cibo moduli le preferenze alimentari in una situazione in cui l’umore è stato manipolato per essere deflesso.
PALAMENGHI, LORENZO, Health engagement, mood, and food choices, GRAFFIGNA, GUENDALINA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano:Ciclo XXXV [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/285999]
Health engagement, mood, and food choices
Palamenghi, Lorenzo
2023
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The thesis examines the perspective of consumer psychology on the topic of food consumption and healthy eating. In particular, the goal of the thesis is to study and understand the emotional and motivational factors underlying consumers' food choices. One construct that has been particularly explored is engagement: towards food (food involvement) and towards health (health engagement). The perspective of this thesis is that the person's level of involvement in their food and health management modulates their relationship with food, the motivations behind their choices, and their behaviors (healthy or not). The thesis includes three studies: a scoping review with the aim of identifying the impact of food restrictions on the quality of life of patients with IBD, and to understand if these are related to frequent non-adherence to a healthy dietary style; a survey-based study, with the aim of profiling consumers through cluster analysis using the k-means method to identify behavioral and motivational patterns in food choices; an eye-tracking study to verify how involvement towards health and food modulates food preferences in a situation where mood was manipulated to be negative.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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