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The effect of attribute framing on consumers’ attitudes and intentions toward food: A Meta-analysis

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  • Dolgopolova, Irina
  • Li, Bingqing
  • Pirhonen, Helena
  • Roosen, Jutta

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This paper analyzes the existing literature on the effect of attribute framing on consumers’ attitudes and intentions with regard to food products. Attribute fram-ing includes a broader interpretation of gains and losses when a product attribute is presented in a dichotomous way, such as fat vs. lean or harm vs. benefit. Meta-analy-sis results for the whole sample indicate that product attributes framed as gains have a higher effect on attitudes and intentions than product attributes framed as losses. Grouping studies by outcome variables, the meta-analysis demonstrates a larger effect size for studies that assess consumer attitude while for studies dealing with consumer intention, the effect size is close to zero and insignificant. We observe from the meta-regression results that the gain frame, the use of interaction terms, a specific product, and a student sample significantly influence consumers’ attitudes and intentions.

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  • Dolgopolova, Irina & Li, Bingqing & Pirhonen, Helena & Roosen, Jutta, 2021. "The effect of attribute framing on consumers’ attitudes and intentions toward food: A Meta-analysis," Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA), vol. 10(4), December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aieabj:320229
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320229
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