Dissertation
HOW POLITICAL ORIENTATION SHAPES SUGAR CONSUMPTION AND RESISTANCE TO SUGAR-REDUCING NUDGES
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
05/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006575
Abstract
Three in five Americans consume more than the daily recommended value of sugar, which has been linked to several negative health effects (CDC, 2023a). Due to this, reducing sugar consumption has been a goal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for several years (CDC, 2022b), to little effect. One reason for this could be that sugar consumption has become politicized. Drawing from political psychology literature (Jost 2017a; 2017b), Essay 1 proposes that more conservative individuals have a higher sugar intake compared to more liberal individuals. Five studies test this hypothesis and find no evidence for a difference in individual sugar consumption as a factor of political orientation. Despite this, it is possible that liberals and conservatives react differently to legislative efforts to reduce sugar consumption. Essay 2 examines how individuals of different political orientations vary in their support of sugar-reducing nudges due to the perceived level of decision-making autonomy allowed by the nudge. Three studies test and provide mixed evidence for this hypothesis.
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- Title
- HOW POLITICAL ORIENTATION SHAPES SUGAR CONSUMPTION AND RESISTANCE TO SUGAR-REDUCING NUDGES
- Creators
- Benjamin Phifer
- Contributors
- Jeff Joireman (Chair)Andrew W Perkins (Committee Member)Elizabeth Howlett (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Carson College of Business
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 144
- Identifiers
- 99901121535401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation