Table 6. Variables with significant associations to plant-based eating motives in two convenience samples.
| Variable | Undergraduate Sample 1 | MTurk Sample 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Model | Health | Environment | Animal | Replicate | Health | Environment | Animal | |
| vegan | Free All | -.19 | .56 | .19 | Yes | -.17 | .34 | .35 |
| peace | Health Free | .18 | .16 | .15 | Yes | .21 | .15 | .14 |
| agreeableness | Free All | .22 | -.01 | .16 | No | .28 | .10 | .01 |
| truth | Free All | .26 | -.01 | .16 | Yes | .26 | -.01 | .10 |
| responsible | Health Free | .25 | .02 | .02 | Yes | .26 | .02 | .01 |
| hard working | Health Free | .28 | .04 | .03 | Yes | .23 | .02 | .02 |
| forgiving | Health Free | .15 | .05 | .05 | Yes | .19 | .04 | .04 |
| courageous | Health Free | .20 | .05 | .04 | Yes | .19 | .06 | .05 |
| helpful | Health Free | .26 | .05 | .05 | No | .23 | .19 | .00 |
| loving | Health Free | .22 | .06 | .06 | Yes | .23 | .05 | .05 |
| self-controlled | Health Free | .20 | .04 | .04 | Yes | .23 | .02 | .02 |
| independent | Health Free | .16 | .05 | .05 | Yes | .20 | .03 | .03 |
| happy | Health Free | .30 | .03 | .02 | Yes | .26 | .03 | .03 |
| intellectual | Health Free | .17 | .05 | .04 | Yes | .19 | .05 | .04 |
| family security | Free All | .25 | -.08 | .11 | No | .34 | -.04 | .01 |
| freedom | Free All | .24 | .00 | .16 | No | .27 | -.15 | .14 |
| self-respect | Health Free | .28 | .05 | .04 | Yes | .31 | .03 | .03 |
| happiness | Health Free | .32 | .02 | .02 | Yes | .28 | .02 | .02 |
| wisdom | Health Free | .21 | .03 | .03 | Yes | .27 | .03 | .03 |
| national security | Health Free | .23 | .03 | .03 | No | .25 | -.09 | .05 |
| salvation | Health Free | .16 | -.01 | -.01 | Yes | .17 | -.01 | -.01 |
| friendship | Health Free | .21 | .04 | .04 | Yes | .22 | .04 | .04 |
| accomplishment | Health Free | .21 | .05 | .05 | Yes | .24 | .04 | .04 |
| harmony | Health Free | .22 | .06 | .06 | Yes | .26 | .08 | .08 |
| comfort | Health Free | .18 | .04 | .04 | Yes | .20 | .02 | .01 |
| mature love | Health Free | .19 | .05 | .05 | Yes | .19 | .04 | .03 |
| connectedness | Health Free | .18 | -.01 | -.01 | No | .15 | .05 | -.14 |
| environmental organization | Environment Free | -.01 | .22 | -.01 | Yes | -.02 | .28 | -.02 |
| visited opera | Environment Free | -.17 | .16 | -.22 | No | -.01 | .21 | .02 |
| conscientiousness | Environment Free | .10 | -.06 | .15 | Yes | .11 | -.06 | .15 |
| capable | Environment Free | .12 | .01 | .18 | Yes | .14 | -.05 | .20 |
| polite | Environment Free | .12 | -.05 | .17 | Yes | .11 | -.04 | .16 |
| crafts | Animal Free | -.01 | -.02 | .19 | Yes | .03 | -.02 | .15 |
| care for plants/animals | Animal Free | .03 | .04 | .19 | Yes | .04 | .04 | .22 |
Coefficients represent beta weights from Structural Equation Models.