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Evidence inhibitory self‐control moderates effects of habit on complex but not simple health behaviors (2025)
Phipps, D. J., Hagger, M. S., & Hamilton, K. (2025). Evidence inhibitory self‐control moderates effects of habit on complex but not simple health behaviors. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 17(1), Article e12642. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12642
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Phipps, Daniel J.; Hagger, Martin S.; Hamilton, Kyra
Lehti tai sarja: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
ISSN: 1758-0846
eISSN: 1758-0854
Julkaisuvuosi: 2025
Ilmestymispäivä: 22.12.2024
Volyymi: 17
Lehden numero: 1
Artikkelinumero: e12642
Kustantaja: John Wiley & Sons
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12642
Linkki tutkimusaineistoon: https://osf.io/v79bf/
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/99241
Tiivistelmä
Theoretically, self-control can be considered as both a facilitator of habit development and a moderator of whether behavior occurs habitually. However, debate remains on the contexts in which such relationships are likely to occur. The current study tested whether self-control, conceptualized into inhibitory and initiatory facets, would predict healthy behavior via habits or moderate the habit-behavior relationship, and whether these effects differed across complex (bootcamp attendance N = 69, physical activity in pregnant women N = 115) and simple (flossing N = 254) behaviors. Three independent samples completed measures of self-control and habit, followed by a prospective measure of behavior. Data were fitted to PLS-SEM models. Inhibitory and initiatory self-control predicted habit in all three samples, and habit in turn predicted each health behavior. Inhibitory self-control only moderated the effect of habit in the bootcamp and physical activity samples. Initiatory self-control did not moderate effects in any sample. Findings indicate that both initiatory and inhibitory self-control are associated with habit. Further, as the moderating effect of inhibitory self-control was only present in the complex behavior samples, results suggest the moderating effects of self-control on the habit-behavior relationship may be best represented by the effect of inhibiting competing cues from disrupting automatically activated behavioral sequences.
YSO-asiasanat: itsehallinta; itsesäätely (psykologia); estot; hyvinvointi; tavat (toimintatavat); terveyskäyttäytyminen
Vapaat asiasanat: behavioral automaticity; habit; health behavior; self-control
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2025
Alustava JUFO-taso: 1