Bachelors theses

Beschreibung: Many individuals and institutions are trying to reduce meat consumption because animal agriculture has a negative influence on climate change, biodiversity, risk for pandemics and antibiotic resistance, and animal rights. A variety of factors might predict what kind of people are most likely to eat meat or other animal products, and what kind of people are likely to reduce or avoid eating animals. There is a growing literature describing psychological and demographic factors that are related to animal consumption. The goal of this thesis is to review the literature to identify psychological and demographic variables that are associated with meat consumption, and summarize the strength of these associations.
Kontakt: Maxim Trenkenschuh, E-Mail

Beschreibung: Research finds that the adoption of vegetarian and vegan diets is associated with higher levels of depression and anxiety. This effect is most commonly attributed to nutritional deficits among those abstaining from meat consumption. However, such explanations ignore other important factors that might help to explain and add nuance to this relationship. For instance, recent research suggests that the relationship between meat consumption and wellbeing is curvilinear. Specifically, those who are in the process of reducing their meat consumption show the highest levels of depression compared to those who continue to eat meat and those who abstain from it. The goal of this thesis is to review the literature and develop a model of meat consumption and wellbeing.
Kontakt: Nicholas Tan, E-Mail

Beschreibung: Most research assumes that psychopathology is nomothetic, meaning that the same kinds of patterns generalize across people. For instance, most people have difficulties in situations in which they are disagreeable to others. However, some research suggests idiographic patterns, such as when some people might have problems in situations in which they are agreeable to others. The goal of this thesis is to review existing evidence supporting idiographic processes in psychopathology.
Kontakt: Christopher Hopwood, E-Mail