Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-5-2024
Department 1
Psychology
Abstract
Research has shown that a preference for sweet foods is associated with agreeableness. This association may be due to conceptual metaphors (a “sweetie”) that link sweet taste experiences to niceness. This research team examined the replicability and cross-cultural consistency of this effect in four samples from different countries (China, Germany, Mexico, & the U.S.). Participants (N = 1,629) completed a measure of agreeableness and two measures of sweet taste preferences. They found that agreeableness was significantly and positively correlated with two different measures of sweet taste preferences in all four samples with small effect sizes (rs = 0.10 to 18). The association between agreeableness and a sweet taste preference appears replicable and occurring across cultures at least in the samples studied.
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DOI
10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104547
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Post-Print
Recommended Citation
Meier, B. P., Schaefer, M., Ji, L. J., & Batres, C. (2024). Cross-cultural evidence for an association between agreeableness and sweet taste preferences. Journal of Research in Personality, 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104547.