Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture (한국식생활문화학회지)

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Measuring the Effects of Food Neophobia, Nausea, and Learned Food Aversion on Food Rejection and Appetite

음식 신공포증, 위 불쾌감과 학습된 음식 거부가 음식 거절과 식욕에 미치는 영향 평가

  • Ko, Beom-Seok (Dept. of Hotel Culinary Arts & Wine Coffee, Daegu Health College) ;
  • Kang, Jong-Heon (Dept. of Cooking Science, Sunchon National University)
  • 고범석 (대구보건대학 호텔조리음료계열) ;
  • 강종헌 (순천대학교 조리과학과)
  • Published : 2007.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of food neophobia, nausea, and learned food aversion on food rejection and appetite. A total of 250 questionnaires were completed. Path analytic model was used to measure the relationships between variables. Results of the study demonstrated that the path analysis result for the data also indicated excellent model fit. The effects of food neophobia on nausea and food rejection were statistically significant. The effect of food neophobia on learned food aversion and appetite was not statistically significant. As expected, nausea had a significant effects on learned food aversion and appetite. Moreover, nausea played a perfect mediating role in the relationship between food neophobia and appetite. Nausea played a perfect mediating role in the relationship between food neophobia and learned food aversion. Learned food aversion played a partial mediating role in the relationship between nausea and appetite. Learned food aversion did not play a mediating role in the relationship between food neophobia and appetite. In conclusion, based on path analyses, a model was proposed of interrelations between variables. It should be noted that the original model was modified and should, preferably, be validated in future research.

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