Consumer Preferences for the Attributes of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes: A segmentation study based on best-worst scaling
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naughton, P. (2023, July)
Consumer Preferences for the Attributes of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes: A segmentation study based on best-worst scaling. Paper presented at 24TH AMS World Marketing Congress 2023, University of Kent - Canterbury, UK
The aim of this study is to identify consumer segments based on the importance attributed to labelling information on the health, environmental and ethical, and sensory attrib...
What It Feels Like For A Girl: Teenage Girls' Lived Experiences On Social Media
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rezai, K., Mercer-Jones, E., Thompson, J., Tjandra, N., Igarashi, R., & Naughton, P. (2023, July)
What It Feels Like For A Girl: Teenage Girls' Lived Experiences On Social Media. Presented at 2023 Academy of Marketing Conference, Birmingham, UK
With concerns growing regarding the impact of social media on teenage girls, this paper explores teenage girls’ lived experiences of using social media. This research was co-c...
The Interplay of Food Labels & Dietary Motivation on Product Health Ratings and Purchase Intentions
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naughton, P. (2022, November)
The Interplay of Food Labels & Dietary Motivation on Product Health Ratings and Purchase Intentions. Paper presented at EffosT Conference 2022, Dublin
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of two nutrition claims (reduced sugar and protein content), a traffic light nutrition label, and the moderating role of weight...
Food fraud and the perceived integrity of European food imports into China
Journal Article
Kendall, H., Naughton, P., Kuznesof, S., Raley, M., Dean, M., Clark, B., …Frewer, L. J. (2018)
Food fraud and the perceived integrity of European food imports into China. PLOS ONE, 13(5), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195817
Background/Aims
Persistent incidents of food fraud in China have resulted in low levels of consumer trust in the authenticity and safety of food that is domestically produced....
Drivers of existing and emerging food safety risks: Expert opinion regarding multiple impacts
Journal Article
Kendall, H., Kaptan, G., Stewart, G., Grainger, M., Kuznesof, S., Naughton, P., …Frewer, L. J. (2018)
Drivers of existing and emerging food safety risks: Expert opinion regarding multiple impacts. Food Control, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.02.018
Considerable research effort is invested in the development of evidence to help policy makers and industry deal with the challenges associated with existing and emerging food ...
Reducing consumption of confectionery foods: a post-hoc segmentation analysis using a social cognition approach.
Journal Article
Naughton, P., McCarthy, M., & McCarthy, S. (2017)
Reducing consumption of confectionery foods: a post-hoc segmentation analysis using a social cognition approach. Appetite, 117(1), 168-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.06.027
Considering confectionary consumption behaviour this cross-sectional study used social cognition variables to identify distinct segments in terms of their motivation and effor...
Precision Agriculture in China: Exploring Awareness, Understanding, Attitudes and Perceptions of Agricultural Experts and End-Users in China
Journal Article
Kendall, H., Naughton, P., Clark, B., Taylor, J., Li, Z., Zhao, C., …Frewer, L. J. (2017)
Precision Agriculture in China: Exploring Awareness, Understanding, Attitudes and Perceptions of Agricultural Experts and End-Users in China. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, 8(2), 703-707. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2040470017001066
Precision agriculture (PA) may improve the sustainability of Chinese agriculture. Ten experts were interviewed and 34 farm workers surveyed regarding their understanding, atti...
Acting to self-regulate unhealthy eating habits. An investigation into the effects of habit, hedonic hunger and self-regulation on sugar consumption from confectionery foods
Journal Article
Naughton, P., McCarthy, M., & McCarthy, S. (2015)
Acting to self-regulate unhealthy eating habits. An investigation into the effects of habit, hedonic hunger and self-regulation on sugar consumption from confectionery foods. Food Quality and Preference, 46, 173-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.08.001
Many people are motivated to eat healthily but find it difficult to override established and less healthy habits. Habits by their nature are unconscious and cued by the enviro...
The creation of a healthy eating motivation score and its association with food choice and physical activity in a cross sectional sample of Irish adults
Journal Article
Naughton, P., McCarthy, S. N., & McCarthy, M. B. (2015)
The creation of a healthy eating motivation score and its association with food choice and physical activity in a cross sectional sample of Irish adults. The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0234-0
Background
This study aimed to develop a healthy eating motivation score and to determine if dietary, lifestyle and activity behaviours vary across levels of motivation to eat...