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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 kaikki tekijät tai toimittajatPhipps, Daniel J.; Hagger, Martin S.; Hamilton, Kyra

Lehti tai sarjaApplied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

ISSN1758-0846

eISSN1758-0854

Julkaisuvuosi2025

Ilmestymispäivä22.12.2024

Volyymi17

Lehden numero1

Artikkelinumeroe12642

KustantajaJohn Wiley & Sons

JulkaisumaaBritannia

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12642

Linkki tutkimusaineistoonhttps://osf.io/v79bf/

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/99241


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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-asiasanatitsehallintaitsesäätely (psykologia)estothyvinvointitavat (toimintatavat)terveyskäyttäytyminen

Vapaat asiasanatbehavioral automaticity; habit; health behavior; self-control


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OKM-raportointiKyllä

VIRTA-lähetysvuosi2025

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