Results A four-item automaticity subscale ( the ‘ Self-Report Behavioural Automaticity Index ’ ; ‘ SRBAI ’ ) was found to be reliable and sensitive to two hypothesised effects of habit on behaviour : a habit-behaviour correlation , and a moderating effect of habit on the intention-behaviour relationship .
Conclusion The SRBAI offers a parsimonious measure that adequately captures habitual behaviour patterns .
The SRBAI may be of particular utility in predicting future behaviour and in studies tracking habit formation or disruption
Background The twelve-item Self-Report Habit Index ( SRHI ) is the most popular measure of energy-balance related habits .
This measure characterises habit by automatic activation , behavioural frequency , and relevance to self-identity .
Previous empirical research suggests that the SRHI may be abbreviated with no losses in reliability or predictive utility .
Drawing on recent theorising suggesting that automaticity is the ‘ active ingredient ’ of habit-behaviour relationships , we tested whether an automaticity-specific SRHI subscale could capture habit-based behaviour patterns in self-report data .
The relation between perception and behavior, or how to win a game of trivial pursuit.
The authors tested and confirmed the hypothesis that priming a  stereotype or trait  leads to complex overt behavior in line with this activated stereotype or trait . Specifically , 4 experiments established that priming the stereotype of professors or the trait intelligent enhanced participants ' performance on a scale measuring general knowledge . Also , priming the stereotype of soccer hooligans or the trait stupid reduced participants ' performance on a general knowledge scale . Results of the experiments revealed ( a ) that prolonged priming leads to more pronounced behavioral effects and ( b ) that there is no sign of decay of the effects for at least 15 min . The authors explain their results by cl aim ing that perception had a direct and pervasive impact on overt behavior ( cf . J.A. Bargh , M. Chen , & L. Burrows , 1996 ) . Implication s for human social behavior are discussed
Results A four-item automaticity subscale ( the ‘ Self-Report Behavioural Automaticity Index ’ ; ‘ SRBAI ’ ) was found to be reliable and sensitive to two hypothesised effects of habit on behaviour : a habit-behaviour correlation , and a moderating effect of habit on the intention-behaviour relationship .
Conclusion The SRBAI offers a parsimonious measure that adequately captures habitual behaviour patterns .
The SRBAI may be of particular utility in predicting future behaviour and in studies tracking habit formation or disruption
Background The twelve-item Self-Report Habit Index ( SRHI ) is the most popular measure of energy-balance related habits .
This measure characterises habit by automatic activation , behavioural frequency , and relevance to self-identity .
Previous empirical research suggests that the SRHI may be abbreviated with no losses in reliability or predictive utility .
Drawing on recent theorising suggesting that automaticity is the ‘ active ingredient ’ of habit-behaviour relationships , we tested whether an automaticity-specific SRHI subscale could capture habit-based behaviour patterns in self-report data .