Important Factors Affecting Reasons to Eat Insects : An Analysis by Structural Equation Modeling

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  • 昆虫を食べる理由に影響を及ぼす要因 : 構造方程式モデリングによる解析

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Even for those who eat insects, there are several types of reasons for eating them. The authors （Yoshimura, Uchiyama, and Ahn, 2020, in Japanese） created a questionnaire in order to capture the types for the reasons. In the present study, the authors conducted a survey to the people who are eating insects （78 persons） and those who may be interested in insect foods but are not currently eating them （79 persons） using the questionnaire. The data were collected through an online questionnaire programed by Google Form. Factor analyses and path analyses by multiple group structural equation modeling were used to analyze the obtained data. The questions to be used for the model construction were; （a） questions exploring the relationship with the act of eating insects; （b） questions extracted from existing scales; （c） Japanese translation of EAQ （Entomophagy Attitude Questionnaire, La Barbera et al., 2020）; （d） questions asking the reasons for eating insects. The questions of （b）, however, were removed from the model elements because the KMO value was too low. Four factors from （a） （“assertiveness to unknown experiences”, “insect aversion”, “insect food tolerance”, and “conservativeness concerning food behavior”） and three factors from （c） （“disgust”, “interest”, and “feeding animals”） were extracted, and the measurement invariance of the factors was confirmed between the two groups. Furthermore, three factors （“enjoying the cultural nature of eating behavior”, “contribution to social sustainability”, and “fun with unusual hobbies”） were extracted from the questions posed to the people who are eating insects. In order to estimate the causal relationships from （a） to （c）, a path analysis by multiple group structural equation modeling was used, and the results showed that the relationships are different between the two participant groups （see Figure 1）. The other path analysis caught the factors of （a） and （c） which affect the difference of reasons to eat insects （see Figure 2）.

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  • CRID
    1390853650525851904
  • NII Article ID
    120007099083
  • NII Book ID
    AN00226157
  • DOI
    10.15002/00024074
  • HANDLE
    10114/00024074
  • ISSN
    04412486
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Article Type
    departmental bulletin paper
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles

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