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Are there barriers to the intention of fish consumption in restaurants? Insights from Türkiye using an extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour Cover

Are there barriers to the intention of fish consumption in restaurants? Insights from Türkiye using an extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

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|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Parallel Mediation Estimation Model

Table 1:

EFA for Perceived Barriers (PB).

ItemsExtractionFactor LoadingItem-total correlationsTotal Variance
PB10.5660.7520.67359.631
PB20.6230.7910.720
PB30.5210.7220.639
PB40.6100.7820.703
PB50.5600.7480.661
PB60.7090.8420.775
PB70.6600.8130.738
PB80.5180.7200.628
Table 2:

Correlation coefficients between variables

Bivariate correlationDescriptive statistics
12345NMSD
1Perceived barriers-5292.58.86
2Attitude-.21**-5294.3.57
3Subjective norms-.29**.23**-5293.79.94
4Perceived behavioural control-.31**.22**.53**-5293.09.89
5Intention of fish consumption-.32**.25**.56**.49**-5292.961.01

1 *p < .05;

1** p < .01

Figure 2:

The total effect of perceived barriers on intention of fish consumption

Table 3:

Regression coefficients and summary information for the model with mediating variables

AntecedentConsequent
M1 (ATD)M2 (SN)M3 (PBC)Y (IFC)
βSEpβSEpβSEpβSEP
X (PB)a1-.14.03< .01a2-.31.05< .01a3-.32.04< .01c’-.16.05< .01
M1 (ATD)b1.17.07< .01
M2 (SN)b2.25.05< .01
M3 (PBC)b3.35.05< .01
ConstantiM14.63.07< .01iM24.56.12< .01iM33.86.11< .01iy.58.24< .01
R2.04.09.10.33
F (df)22.51*** (1;482)46.29*** (1;482)52.52*** (1;482)58.09*** (4;479)
Indirect effectK2 = -.18 β= -.22 SE= .04 95% CI [-.29, -.15]

1 IFC = Intention of Fish Consumption; ATD = Attitude; SN = Subjective Norms; PBC = Perceived Behavioural Control, PB = Perceived Barriers a, b, c, and c’ represent unstandardized regression coefficients

1 SE = standard error

1 Bootstrap sample size = 5000

1*** p < .001

Figure 3:

Results of the parallel mediation model

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejthr-2025-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2182-4924 | Journal ISSN: 2182-4916
Language: English
Page range: 249 - 266
Submitted on: Dec 5, 2024
Accepted on: Dec 4, 2025
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
Published by: Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2025 Ömer Ceyhun Apak, published by Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
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