Scientific Study now proves that Vegetarians have lower self-esteem, are more miserable, enjoy parties less than meat eaters

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5 years ago 11/03/2018 9:38pm EDT

Study asked questions to 400 vegetarians, meat-eaters and ‘semi-vegetarians’ Vegetarians had the most negative feelings and enjoyed social occasions least Report suggested teasing by omnivores may be to blame for negative feelings

Those who cut meat from their diet experience more negative feelings, have lower self-esteem and see less meaning in life, a study found.
The authors conclude that vegetarians may be less ‘psychologically well-adjusted’, suggesting teasing by omnivores may be to blame.

Vegetarians scored 4.62 for self-respect and meat-eaters 5.33, where a lower score was worse. They were also more likely to be depressed and unsatisfied with their life, the study found.
The authors, also from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, suggested vegetarians may suffer because they are seen by meat-eaters as morally superior.
They added: ‘Given that many celebrities advocate some type of vegetarian diet, non-vegetarians may feel that vegetarians are “putting on airs” and that they are “too good” for non-vegetarians.’

When asked whether they felt they led a purposeful existence, vegetarians saw less meaning in life than the other groups, according to researchers. They were also more likely to experience stress and embarrassment.

Abstract The goal of the present study was to examine differences in the daily experiences of vegetarians and non-vegetarians. At the end of each day for two weeks, a convenience sample of American undergraduates described how they felt and how they thought about themselves that day, and they described the events that occurred to them that day. Multilevel modeling analyses (days nested within persons) found that vegetarians (individuals who avoided all meat and fish, n = 24) reported lower self-esteem, lower psychological adjustment, less meaning in life, and more negative moods than semi-vegetarians (individuals who ate some meat and/or fish, n = 56) and omnivores (individuals who did not restrict their intake of meat or fish, n = 323). Vegetarians also reported more negative social experiences than omnivores and semi-vegetarians. Although women were more likely than men to identify as vegetarians and semi-vegetarians, controlling for participant gender did not change the results of the analyses. The differences we found are consistent with other research that suggests that vegetarians are less psychologically well-adjusted than non-vegetarians. The implications of the present results for understanding relationships between dietary habits and well-being are discussed.

Relationships between vegetarian dietary habits and daily well-being

John B. Nezlek, Catherine A. Forestell & David B. Newman

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03670244.2018.1536657 http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6347827/Vegetarians-miserable-enjoy-parties-meat-eaters-scientists-claim.html

But it tastes better!

5 years ago 11/03/2018 9:56pm EDT

re: true-believer

This is the dumbest study I have ever seen. I’m vegetarian and love going to parties (I honestly feel like more than some of my other friends) have good self esteem too and am definitely not miserable haha. Who even studies this? Also I wonder where this study took place? The Midwest or South? I live is Los Angeles, where there are plenty of vegetarians and vegans so definitely don’t feel out of place and don’t get teased by those who eat meat. Plus any social experience I go to will usually have something there I can have so it’s not really an issue.

An accumulating body of research suggests that vegetarianism is associated with poor mental health. In one of the first studies on this topic, Lindeman (2002) found that vegetarian and semi-vegetarian women had lower self-esteem, more depressive symptoms, and a more negative world view than omnivorous women. More recently, several studies (e.g., Baines, Powers, and Brown 2007 ; Burkert et al. 2014 ; Michalak, Zhang, and Jacobi 2012) have found that vegetarians were more likely to be depressed and anxious than semi-vegetarians, who were more likely to be depressed and anxious than non-vegetarians (omnivores). Consistent with this, Forestell and Nezlek (2018 Forestell, C. A., and J. B. Nezlek. 2018. ) found that vegetarians and semi-vegetarians (people who eat fish or white meat or red meat occasionally) were more neurotic and depressed than omnivores. Moreover, differences in the well-being of vegetarians and non-vegetarians have been found to hold after controlling for individual differences such as age and education (Michalak, Zhang, and Jacobi 2012 ).

5 years ago 11/03/2018 10:01pm EDT

re: Jko98

Jko98 wrote:
Also I wonder where this study took place? The Midwest or South?

It says they used "undergraduates", and the professors are from Virginia (William & Mary) and Southern California (USC).

5 years ago 11/03/2018 10:05pm EDT

re: Jko98

I think this just proves how much the Meat Industry controls the establishment academic press to push its phoney narrative. We need more university departments in Vegetarian Studies and related fields like food ecology.

5 years ago 11/03/2018 11:03pm EDT

re: What about vegans?

5 years ago 11/04/2018 1:44am EDT

re: What about vegans?

N = 24? Now that's a proper study population... says enough about the research, in my opinion.

5 years ago 11/04/2018 5:00am EST

re: true-believer

true-believer wrote:
But it tastes better!

And it's healthier.

5 years ago 11/04/2018 5:03am EST

re: JabbyJaywalker

JabbyJaywalker wrote:
N = 24? Now that's a proper study population... says enough about the research, in my opinion.

Ha, ha that is funny.

Vegetarians are more likely to be intellectual, introverted, neurotic and aethist than meat eaters. In other words, people with those traits are more likely to be vegetarian than dim people, extroverts, religious, etc. That explains the findings here.

I don’t really understand the inclusion of the “enjoy parties less” part. Is not enjoying parties supposed to be a personal failing or a sign of an unhappy life?

I’d consider myself to be a pretty happy and well adjusted person, and I’m not big on parties. Only rarely do I prefer a party over grabbing dinner and drinks with a few close friends or doing something low key at home. I don’t think I would be any happier if I experienced a sudden shift in preferences and started to prefer parties over other social activities.

5 years ago 11/04/2018 10:21am EST

re: diff'rent kinda break down

diff'rent kinda break down wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/10/huge-reduction-in-meat-eating-essential-to-avoid-climate-breakdown

Transgender Marxist soy vole veginas will save the world from big bad carnivorous climate-denying capitalists. "Daddy I hate you! You are creating cow farts that are killing us all!"

The important question is who gets laid more.

Teasing by omnivores may play a role in negative feelings wrote:
Study asked questions to 400 vegetarians, meat-eaters and ‘semi-vegetarians’
Vegetarians had the most negative feelings and enjoyed social occasions least
Report suggested teasing by omnivores may be to blame for negative feelings
Those who cut meat from their diet experience more negative feelings, have lower self-esteem and see less meaning in life, a study found.
The authors conclude that vegetarians may be less ‘psychologically well-adjusted’, suggesting teasing by omnivores may be to blame.
Vegetarians scored 4.62 for self-respect and meat-eaters 5.33, where a lower score was worse. They were also more likely to be depressed and unsatisfied with their life, the study found.
The authors, also from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, suggested vegetarians may suffer because they are seen by meat-eaters as morally superior.
They added: ‘Given that many celebrities advocate some type of vegetarian diet, non-vegetarians may feel that vegetarians are “putting on airs” and that they are “too good” for non-vegetarians.’
When asked whether they felt they led a purposeful existence, vegetarians saw less meaning in life than the other groups, according to researchers. They were also more likely to experience stress and embarrassment.
Abstract The goal of the present study was to examine differences in the daily experiences of vegetarians and non-vegetarians. At the end of each day for two weeks, a convenience sample of American undergraduates described how they felt and how they thought about themselves that day, and they described the events that occurred to them that day. Multilevel modeling analyses (days nested within persons) found that vegetarians (individuals who avoided all meat and fish, n = 24) reported lower self-esteem, lower psychological adjustment, less meaning in life, and more negative moods than semi-vegetarians (individuals who ate some meat and/or fish, n = 56) and omnivores (individuals who did not restrict their intake of meat or fish, n = 323). Vegetarians also reported more negative social experiences than omnivores and semi-vegetarians. Although women were more likely than men to identify as vegetarians and semi-vegetarians, controlling for participant gender did not change the results of the analyses. The differences we found are consistent with other research that suggests that vegetarians are less psychologically well-adjusted than non-vegetarians. The implications of the present results for understanding relationships between dietary habits and well-being are discussed.
Relationships between vegetarian dietary habits and daily well-being
John B. Nezlek, Catherine A. Forestell & David B. Newman
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03670244.2018.1536657 http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6347827/Vegetarians-miserable-enjoy-parties-meat-eaters-scientists-claim.html

Obvious why that may be true. Vegetarians and Vegans become very sensitive to their surroundings and very sensitive to other people’s mental states. Given the state of the world and most of the crazy, worthless people inhabiting it, no surprise vegetarians and vegans may tend to get depressed. The ones who don’t have strong minds to begin with can also start to go insane themselves. Most of the a**hats on this message board would also get depressed if they had a clear understanding of how f**ked up they are. Luckily for myself, I have a strong mind and use to enjoy beating the s**t out of people like you before I went vegan, so that protects me from the possible issues mentioned in that “study”.

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