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A review and analysis of the use of ‘habit’ in understanding, predicting and influencing health-related behaviour

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Gardner, Benjamin·2015·Health Psychology Review

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The term 'habit' is widely used to predict and explain behaviour. This paper examines use of the term in the context of health-related behaviour, and explores how the concept might be made more useful. A narrative review is presented, drawing on a scoping review of 136 empirical studies and 8 literature reviews undertaken to document usage of the term 'habit', and methods to measure it. A coherent definition of 'habit', and proposals for improved methods for studying it, were derived from findings. Definitions of 'habit' have varied in ways that are often implicit and not coherently linked with an underlying theory. A definition is proposed whereby habit is a process by which a stimulus generates an impulse to act as a result of a learned stimulus-response association. Habit-generated impulses may compete or combine with impulses and inhibitions arising from other sources, including conscious decision-making, to influence responses, and need not generate behaviour. Most research on habit is based on correlational studies using self-report measures. Adopting a coherent definition of 'habit', and a wider range of paradigms, designs and measures to study it, may accelerate progress in habit theory and application.

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Authors: Gardner, B.
Affiliations: University College London (GB)
Corresponding author: Gardner, Benjamin
ORCID: Gardner, Benjamin
Venue: Health Psychology Review
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2014-01-21
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 277-295
ISSN: 1743-7199 (ISSN-L)
1743-7202
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2013.876238
PMC: PMC4566897
OpenAlex: W2039701560
Cited by: 1,016
References: 162
Citations by year: 2026: 87 · 2025: 93 · 2024: 101 · 2023: 97 · 2022: 109 · 2021: 98 · 2020: 158 · 2019: 79 · 2018: 65 · 2017: 51 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 13
FWCI: 3.13
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: Health Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords: habit, health behavior, habit theory, stimulus-response associations, impulse generation, conscious decision-making, habit measurement, self-report measures, behavior change
MeSH terms: Habits, Humans, Social Behavior, Health Behavior, Self Report

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