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Personality Profiles, Values and Empathy: Differences Between Ovo/Lacto-vegetarians and Vegans

Personality Profiles, Values and Empathy: Differences Between Ovo/Lacto-vegetarians and Vegans

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02055677
Acronym
VegMed 2013
Enrollment
10000
Registered
2014-02-05
Start date
2014-01-31
Completion date
2014-07-31
Last updated
2014-07-18

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Conditions

Personality

Keywords

personality profiles, values, empathy, quality of life, vegetarians, vegans

Brief summary

Main goal is to collect and analyze possible differences between ovo / lacto-vegetarians and vegans with respect to their personality profiles, values and empathy through validated questionnaires. Main hypothesis: vegans and ovo / lacto-vegetarians differ in their personality, empathy and values

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Universität Duisburg-Essen
CollaboratorOTHER
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age 18-80 years of age

Exclusion criteria

* Age under 18 and above 80 years of age

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Big Five SOEP InventoryOnce at baselineValidated Questionnaire

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Other Validated QuestionnairesOnce at baselineWHO Quality of Life Questionnaire Empathizing Scale (Short Form) Portraits Value Questionnaire Likert Scales

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026