Effect of Asian Food Neophobia Scale and Food Involvement Scale on Food Choice Motives

아시아인의 푸드네오포비아와 음식관여도가 음식선택동기에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Sun-Joo (Dept. of Food Service Management, Kyunghee University) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Hee (Dept. of Food Service Management, Kyunghee University)
  • Received : 2012.01.14
  • Accepted : 2012.04.25
  • Published : 2012.04.30

Abstract

Many factors influence food choices and many studies show personal traits that influence food choices, which can be called food neophobia and food involvement. For example, an individual's food-related tastes are thought to certainly influence personal food choices. This study aimed to determine food choice motives, the food neophobia scale (FNS) and food involvement scale (FIS) of Asians staying in or leaving Korea, and the relationship of those personal traits and food choice motives. Subjects (N=370) completed a questionnaire consisting of food choice motives (15 questions), FNS (10 questions), FIS (12 questions) and socio-demographic conditions (10 questions). Items were analyzed to determine the differences according to nationality using ANOVA. Factor analysis and reliability analysis were conducted to identify the indicators of food choice motives. And correlation analysis was conducted to confirm the relationship between food choice motives and food neophobia / food involvement. The result of analysis suggests that food neophobia and food involvement affect food choice motives and that food choice motives are unique to ethnicity and culture.

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