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 .
A controlled trial of a school-based environmental intervention to improve physical activity in Dutch children: JUMP-in, kids in motion.
Interventions to promote physical activity are important in preventing children from becoming overweight . Many projects have been developed but only a few showed ( moderate ) effects . JUMP-in is a systematic ally developed primary -school-based intervention that focuses on the use of theory , environmental changes , parental influences and cooperation with multi-level parties in intervention development . The effects of JUMP-in were evaluated with a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test research design . In total , 510 children from Grade s 4 , 5 and 6 of four intervention schools and two control schools in Amsterdam were followed for an intervention period of one school year . Changes in physical activity as well as in the social cognitive determinants were assessed using self-reports . In addition , a process evaluation has been executed . The results show that JUMP-in was effective in influencing physical activity , especially among children from Grade 6 . Children in the control group decreased their level of physical activity considerably , while activity levels in intervention children from Grade 6 remained stable . The intervention effects could not be explained by changes in the measured social cognitive determinants . In contrast , process information illuminated differences in intervention effects between the participating schools . The results from the JUMP-in study show the importance of intervention design s that focus on a theory-based mix of relevant environmental and social cognitive factors
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 .