Accentuating the Interrelation between Consumer Intention and Healthy Packaged Food Selection during COVID-19: A Case Study of Pakistan
Autor: | Muhammad Zeeshan Zafar, Adnan Maqbool, Shahjahan Masud, Lucian-Ionel Cioca, Syed Ghulam Meran Shah |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Point of sale Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 030309 nutrition & dietetics Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis lcsh:Medicine Intention computer.software_genre Article 03 medical and health sciences Food Preferences Extant taxon Surveys and Questionnaires 0502 economics and business Selection (linguistics) Humans Pakistan Consumer behaviour Self-efficacy 0303 health sciences SARS-CoV-2 subjective norms 05 social sciences lcsh:R digestive oral and skin physiology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Advertising Consumer Behavior Cross-Sectional Studies attitude 050211 marketing Food label Psychology computer self-efficacy |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 2846, p 2846 (2021) Volume 18 Issue 6 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
Popis: | This study contemplates the factors that influence consumer intention, before and during the eruption of COVID-19, for the selection of healthy packaged food in Pakistan. The extant studies have identified two distinct attitudes of consumers about food label information: one is its usefulness and the second elucidates the avoidance. Hence forth, the current study contributes to the extant literature while signifying both reasons which motivate consumers to read food labels and reasons which discourage consumers from consult food labels at the point of purchase. Moreover, the impact of subjective norms and self-efficacy for healthy packaged food intentions has also been examined for both before the emergence of COVID-19 and during the spread of COVID-19. The underpinning of the proposed model has been justified by the behavioral reasoning theory. The cross-sectional data of 14,455 students has was collected from 10 universities through Microsoft Teams and Zoom. AMOS 21 was employed for the final analysis. The results indicate that before COVID-19 the subjective norms and self-efficacy were not the stimulating factors for the selection of healthy packaged food. On the contrary, during the COVID-19 outbreak, the subjective norms and self-efficacy divulged a significant effect. Moreover, the reasons to consult food labels are positively significant whereas the reasons to avoid food labels have negatively affected the consumer, both before COVID-19 and during COVID-19 outbreak, while endorsing healthy packaged food. Conclusively, COVID-19 has been proved to be a deterrent for unhealthy packaged food lovers while being a blessing for healthy packaged food. |
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