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Healthy and unhealthy social norms and food selection. Findings from a field-experiment

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Mollen, Saar, Rimal, Rajiv N., Ruiter, Robert A.C., Kok, Gerjo·2013·Appetite

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The behavior of others in people's social environment (i.e., descriptive norms), as well as their opinions regarding appropriate actions (i.e., injunctive norms) strongly influence people's decisions and actions. The goal of this study was to extend prior laboratory research on the influence of social norms on food choices, by conducting a field-experiment in an on-campus food court. One of three different messages was posted on a given day: a healthy descriptive norm, healthy injunctive norm, or an unhealthy descriptive norm. Effects of these social norms messages on food choice were compared against each other and a no-message control condition. In total, 687 students reported their food choice through a questionnaire provided to them. Food choices were analyzed for participants who reported being exposed to one of the social norms signs and those in the control condition (N=220). Findings showed that the healthy descriptive norm resulted in more healthy food choices, compared to an unhealthy descriptive norm, as well as the control condition. The difference between the injunctive healthy norm and the control condition was not significant, though those in the injunctive norm condition did make more healthy decisions, than those in the unhealthy descriptive norm condition. Implications with regard to theory and practice are discussed.

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Authors: Mollen, S., Rimal, R. N., Ruiter, R. A. C., & Kok, G.
Affiliations: Maastricht University (NL)
George Washington University (US)
Corresponding author: Mollen, Saar
ORCID: Mollen, Saar
Rimal, Rajiv N.
Ruiter, Robert A.C.
Kok, Gerjo
Venue: Appetite
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2013-06
Volume: 65
Pages: 83-89
ISSN: 0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.01.020
OpenAlex: W2125219736
Cited by: 210
References: 41
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1
FWCI: 8.35
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by-nc-nd
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Topics: Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Keywords: social norms, descriptive norms, injunctive norms, food choice, healthy eating, food court, university students, field experiments
MeSH terms: Attitude to Health, Diet, Female, Food Preferences, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Conformity, Social Environment, Social Values, Students, Health Behavior

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