{"title":"Understanding the role of personal aspects in positive and negative meal experiences: psychological needs, values, and emotions","authors":"Timo Partala, Riitta Tuikkanen, Teija Rautiainen","doi":"10.1080/15022250.2021.1989717","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to study most positive and negative personal meal experiences in terms of experienced emotions, psychological needs, values, as well as the personal meal context. 64 participants wrote qualitative descriptions of their most positive and negative recent meal experiences and rated their personal experiences quantitatively using the PANAS method for experienced emotions, and questionnaires probing the salience of contextual aspects, psychological needs, and values. The results highlighted the psychological needs of relatedness and autonomy, both hedonistic and conservation values, and the emotions “interested” and “enthusiastic” as especially salient in most positive meal experiences. The qualitative results indicated that social aspects (“the meeting”) and the food and drink product were the most prominent aspects affecting both most positive and most negative meal experiences. The role of accompanying persons was especially salient in positive experiences and the role of meetings with service personnel in negative experiences. Issues related to the personal context (“the self”) were mentioned as factors affecting meal experiences in about 35% of most positive experiences and 40% of descriptions of most negative experiences. The results point out the benefits of including the personal context in studies of meal experiences along with traditionally studied aspects.","PeriodicalId":47630,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism","volume":"22 1","pages":"15 - 38"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2021.1989717","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to study most positive and negative personal meal experiences in terms of experienced emotions, psychological needs, values, as well as the personal meal context. 64 participants wrote qualitative descriptions of their most positive and negative recent meal experiences and rated their personal experiences quantitatively using the PANAS method for experienced emotions, and questionnaires probing the salience of contextual aspects, psychological needs, and values. The results highlighted the psychological needs of relatedness and autonomy, both hedonistic and conservation values, and the emotions “interested” and “enthusiastic” as especially salient in most positive meal experiences. The qualitative results indicated that social aspects (“the meeting”) and the food and drink product were the most prominent aspects affecting both most positive and most negative meal experiences. The role of accompanying persons was especially salient in positive experiences and the role of meetings with service personnel in negative experiences. Issues related to the personal context (“the self”) were mentioned as factors affecting meal experiences in about 35% of most positive experiences and 40% of descriptions of most negative experiences. The results point out the benefits of including the personal context in studies of meal experiences along with traditionally studied aspects.
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Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism is the leading Nordic journal for hospitality and tourism research. SJHT aims at initiating and stimulating high-impact and innovative research relevant for academics and practitioners within the hospitality and tourism industries. The journal takes an interdisciplinary approach including, but not limited to geography, psychology, sociology, history, anthropology, and economics. SJHT encourages research based on a variety of methods, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The journal covers all types of articles relevant to the Nordic region, as well as the North Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic regions. We also welcome reviews and conceptual articles with a broader geographical scope that clearly enhance the theoretical development of the hospitality and tourism field. In addition to research articles, we welcome research notes and book reviews. Published articles are the result of anonymous reviews by at least two referees chosen by the editors for their specialist knowledge.