The effect of consumer ethnocentrism and religious attitude on food purchase behavior

The purpose of the research is to determine the effect of consumer ethnocentrism and religious attitude on purchasing food products. People over the age of 18 and living in the provinces of the Eastern Marmara Development Region (Kocaeli, Sakarya, Bolu, Düzce, and Yalova) in Turkey constitute the population of the research. The method of the Research is quantitetiveand a questionnaire was used to collect. The SPSS Package Program was employed to analyze the data collected from 552 people chosed by the convenience sampling method. In the research, three scales were used: Consumer Ethnocentrism Scale, Religious Attitude Scale, and Food Product Purchasing Behavior Scale. In the case of evaluating the relationship between consumer ethnocentrism and food product purchasing behavior as a result of the research, while it is observed that the dimensions of domestic product preference and nationalism have a significant effect on individuals who act with a sense of internalized religious belief, the dimensions of domestic product preference and the country of origin effect have been found to have a significant impact on individuals who act with social responsibility awareness. When the relationship between religious attitude and purchasing behavior of food products is evaluated, it has been determined that the dimensions of individuals who act with a sense of worship, individuals who act with a sense of reliance on spiritual power, and individuals who act with a sense of socialized religious belief have a significant effect on individuals who act with a sense of internalized religious belief, Individuals who act with a sense of worship and individuals who act by prioritizing material matters have a significant impact on those who act with social responsibility awareness. Keywords: Ethnocentrism, Consumer Ethnocentrism, Religious Attitude, Purchasing Behavior and Food Product Purchasing Behavior.