Empathy Levels In Vegetarians And Non Vegetarians

Psychology

Food habits have been correlated to various ideologies that people hold whether consciously or unconsciously. One such factor is empathy. Empathy governs a person’s overall and specifically social wellbeing. From society’s point of view, people with substantially low levels of empathy are seen to be indulged in various criminal activities. Scientific studies prove through brain scans that vegetarians and vegans have higher level of empathy as compared to non vegetarians. The objective of this research is to find out the levels of empathy in people with vegetarian and non vegetarian food habits. A sample size of 120 has been taken through quota sampling out of which 60 were vegetarians and 60 were non vegetarians. People who consume non vegetarian food at least once in a week are taken as sample in this study. Also, people falling under the category of ovo vegetarians are excluded from the study to make a clear demarcation between vegetarians and non vegetarians. The level of empathy in the samples has been measured using Toronto Empathy Questionnaire.

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