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Exploring Influential Factors Including COVID-19 on Green Food Purchase Intentions and the Intention–Behaviour Gap: A Qualitative Study among Consumers in a Chinese Context
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This study applied a qualitative approach to investigate the underlying influences on consumers’ green food consumption from the intention generation phase to intention execution phase in the perspectives of purchase intention and the intention–behaviour gap (IBG). Additionally, the impact of the “Coronavirus Disease 2019” (COVID-19) pandemic on consumers’ green food purchases was explored. Research data were derived from semi-structured in-depth interviews with 28 consumers and analyzed using grounded theory. The findings identified factors that influenced intentions and the IBG in the process of consumers’ green food purchases. Specifically, these findings reported that health consciousness, perceived attributes, environmental consciousness, social influence, family structure, and enjoyable shopping experiences were identified as major drivers for generating consumers’ green food purchase intentions. High prices of green food, unavailability issues, mistrust issues, and limited knowledge were factors triggering the gap between green food purchase intentions and behaviours. In addition, the results revealed that the COVID-19 crisis increased consumers’ green food purchase intentions, whereas the IBG widens as a result of issues of unavailability, price, and panic. These findings will help stakeholders build future policy and suitable strategies to better promote green food consumption in the Chinese context.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Qi, X., Yu, H., & Ploeger, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Kassel (DE)
- Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Qi, Xin
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-09-28
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 7106
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7579444
- OpenAlex
- W3088101975
- Cited by
- 141
- References
- 86
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 22.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (2016YFC1401800, 41930534)
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC1401800., 41930534)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Organic Food and Agriculture
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Consumer behavior in food and health
- Keywords
- green food, purchase intention, intention-behavior gap, COVID-19 pandemic, consumer behavior, health consciousness, environmental awareness, social influence, family structure, customer experience, green food consumption, Chinese consumers
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, China, Consumer Behavior, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Surveys and Questionnaires, Vegetables, Coronavirus Infections, Intention, Pandemics
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