Habit Strength Moderates the Effects of Daily Action Planning Prompts on Physical Activity but Not Sedentary Behavior

Maher, Jaclyn P.; Conroy, David E.

doi:10.1123/jsep.2014-0258

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“…Implementation intentions promote behavioral follow-through by increasing the accessibility of a triggering cue, which is the if component of the plan, and creating an automatic link to the desired action, which is the then component. Despite the general effectiveness of this strategy, it has not been clearly successful at changing the behavior of those with strong habits (Maher and Conroy 2015;Webb et al 2009). …”

Section: Study 2: Habit Slips Depend On Compatibility Of a New Producmentioning

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Habit slips: when consumers unintentionally resist new products

Labrecque

Wood

Neal³

et al. 2016

J. of the Acad. Mark. Sci.

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Consumers' existing habits are a key driver of resistance to new product use. In an initial survey to identify this role of habit, consumers reported on products that they had purchased intending to use. They also reported whether or not they actually used them. For one-quarter of the products they failed to use, consumers slipped back into old habits despite their favorable intentions. However, consumers effectively used new products when integrating them into existing habits. A four-week experiment with a new fabric refresher confirmed that habit slips impeded product use, especially when participants thought minimally about their laundry and thus were vulnerable to habit cues. However, slips were minimized when the new product was integrated into existing laundry habits. Thus, in launching new products, managers will want to consider consumer habits that conflict with product use as well as ways to embed products into existing habits.

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Section: Study 2: Habit Slips Depend On Compatibility Of a New Producmentioning

confidence: 97%

Habit slips: when consumers unintentionally resist new products

Labrecque

Wood

Neal³

et al. 2016

J. of the Acad. Mark. Sci.

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“…For example, environmental and contextual factors (i.e., external cues, personal habits) may play an even larger role in determining sedentary behavior than for exercise (18, 58). As a result, novel intervention strategies that leverage the surrounding environment (e.g., workplace, school, home) as well as individual-level cues and habits of sedentary behavior are now being tested to increase the potency of behavioral interventions designed to increase overall daily activity (18, 47, 48). These findings suggest a number of new intervention approaches that could be important adjuncts to efforts to increase moderate-vigorous intensity lifestyle activities or aerobic exercise (24, 42) by harnessing powerful additional health benefits of lower intensity physical activities of everyday living.…”

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Targeting Reductions in Sitting Time to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health

Keadle

Conroy

Buman

et al. 2017

Medicine &Amp; Science in Sports &Amp; Exercise

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New evidence suggests that reductions in sedentary behavior may increase physical activity and improve health. These findings point to new behavioral targets for intervention and new ways to think about intervening to increase overall physical activity in the population. This report provides a knowledge update reflecting the rapid accumulation of new evidence related to sedentary behavior and health among adults. Recent observational studies suggest that leveraging the time-inverse relationship between sedentary and active behaviors by replacing sitting with standing, light or moderate-intensity activity can have important health benefits, particularly among less active adults. Clinical studies are providing evidence of the probable physiologic mechanisms underlying these associations, as well as insights into the cardiometabolic impact of breaking up and reducing sedentary behavior. In contrast to the well-established behavioral theories that guide the development and dissemination of evidence-based interventions to increase moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA), much less is known about how to reduce sedentary time in order to increase daily activities. It has become clear that the environmental, social and individual level-determinants for sedentary time are distinct from those linked to the adoption and maintenance of MVPA. As a result, novel intervention strategies that focus on sitting and lower intensity activities by leveraging the surrounding environment (e.g., workplace, school, home) as well as individual-level cues and habits of sedentary behavior are being tested to increase the potency of interventions designed to increase overall physical activity. Herein we summarize the solutions-oriented research across the behavioral research framework, with a focus on highlighting areas of synergy across disciplines and identifying gaps for future research.

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“…These findings suggest that having the confidence to overcome potential barriers may be important to sustain sitting time reductions in the long-term. Considering that sitting is a highly habitual behaviour [35], participants’ confidence in their ability to stand up in the workplace despite potential barriers may have been particularly important following conclusion of the individual-level support elements (i.e., after 3 months). This is in contrast to two cross-sectional studies (including baseline results of this trial [23]) that failed to find an association between workplace sitting time and self-efficacy [16, 23].…”

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Intervening to reduce workplace sitting: mediating role of social-cognitive constructs during a cluster randomised controlled trial

Hadgraft

Winkler

Healy

et al. 2017

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundThe Stand Up Victoria multi-component intervention successfully reduced workplace sitting time in both the short (three months) and long (12 months) term. To further understand how this intervention worked, we aimed to assess the impact of the intervention on four social-cognitive constructs, and examined whether these constructs mediated intervention effects on workplace sitting time at 3 and 12 months post-baseline.MethodsTwo hundred and thirty one office-based workers (14 worksites, single government employer) were randomised to intervention or control conditions by worksite. The intervention comprised organisational, environmental, and individual level elements. Participant characteristics and social-cognitive constructs (perceived behavioural control, barrier self-efficacy, perceived organisational norms and knowledge) were measured through a self-administered online survey at baseline, 3 months and 12 months. Workplace sitting time (min/8 h day) was measured with the activPAL3 device. Single multi-level mediation models were performed for each construct at both time points.ResultsThere were significant intervention effects at 3 months on perceived behavioural control, barrier self-efficacy and perceived organisational norms. Effects on perceived organisational norms were not significant at 12 months. Perceived behavioural control significantly mediated intervention effects at 3 months, accounting for a small portion of the total effect (indirect effect: −8.6 min/8 h day, 95% CI: −18.5, −3.6 min; 7.5% of total effect). At 12 months, barrier self-efficacy significantly mediated the intervention effects on workplace sitting time (indirect effect: −10.3 min/8 h day, 95% CI: −27.3, −2.2; 13.9% of total effect). No significant effects were observed for knowledge at either time point.ConclusionsStrategies that aim to increase workers’ perceived control and self-efficacy over their sitting time may be helpful components of sedentary behaviour interventions in the workplace. However, social-cognitive factors only partially explain variation in workplace sitting reduction. Understanding the importance of other levels of influence (particularly interpersonal and environmental) for initiating and maintaining workplace sedentary behaviour change will be informative for intervention development and refinement.Trial registrationThis study was prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials register (ACTRN12611000742976) on 15 July 2011.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0483-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Habit Strength Moderates the Effects of Daily Action Planning Prompts on Physical Activity but Not Sedentary Behavior

Cited by 50 publications

References 45 publications

Habit slips: when consumers unintentionally resist new products

Habit slips: when consumers unintentionally resist new products

Targeting Reductions in Sitting Time to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health

Intervening to reduce workplace sitting: mediating role of social-cognitive constructs during a cluster randomised controlled trial

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