Do prosocial people prefer sweet-tasting foods? An attempted replication of Meier, Moeller, Riemer-Peltz, and Robinson (2012)

• Autores: Michael C. Ashton, Alyssa C. Pilkington, Kibeom Lee
• Localización: Journal of Research in Personality, ISSN-e 1095-7251, Vol. 52, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 42-46
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Meier, Moeller, Riemer-Peltz, and Robinson (2012) reported a correlation of .36 between self-reported prosocial personality and preference for sweet-tasting foods. We examined further a possible link between having a �sweet� personality and liking sweet foods, by obtaining self- and observer reports of personality in two samples of about 300 participants each. In both samples, sweet taste preferences correlated .15 or under with self-reports and under .10 with observer reports of a prosocial personality composite based on the HEXACO factors. In one sample, the Big Five factors were also assessed, and sweet taste preferences correlated .19 with self-reports but only .06 with observer reports of Big Five Agreeableness. We conclude that prosocial personality is not substantially associated with sweet taste preferences.