Habits in everyday life: Thought, emotion, and action.

Wood, Wendy; Quinn, Jeffrey M.; Kashy, Deborah A.

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1281

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Habits in everyday life: Thought, emotion, and action.

Wood, Wendy, Quinn, Jeffrey M., Kashy, Deborah A.·2002·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1281

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To illustrate the differing thoughts and emotions involved in guiding habitual and nonhabitual behavior, 2 diary studies were conducted in which participants provided hourly reports of their ongoing experiences. When participants were engaged in habitual behavior, defined as behavior that had been performed almost daily in stable contexts, they were likely to think about issues unrelated to their behavior, presumably because they did not have to consciously guide their actions. When engaged in nonhabitual behavior, or actions performed less often or in shifting contexts, participants' thoughts tended to correspond to their behavior, suggesting that thought was necessary to guide action. Furthermore, the self-regulatory benefits of habits were apparent in the lesser feelings of stress associated with habitual than nonhabitual behavior.

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Authors: Wood, W., Quinn, J. M., & Kashy, D. A.
Affiliations: Texas A&M University (US)
Michigan State University (US)
ORCID: Wood, Wendy
Kashy, Deborah A.
Venue: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2002
Volume: 83
Issue: 6
Pages: 1281-1297
ISSN: 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
1939-1315
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1281
OpenAlex: W2099800158
Cited by: 1,028
References: 94
Citations by year: 2026: 42 · 2025: 48 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 149 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 54 · 2016: 41 · 2015: 52 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 41 · 2012: 49
FWCI: 11.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (1R01MH619000-01)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords: habit, habitual behavior, automaticity, conscious thought, emotions, self-regulation, stress, everyday life, diary study
MeSH terms: Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Behavior, Emotions, Female, Habits, Humans, Male, Self Disclosure, Students, Thinking

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