How are habits formed: modelling habit formation in the real world
96 volunteers, one eating, drinking or activity behaviour daily in the same context for 12 weeks; 82 gave sufficient data; model fitted for 62, good fit for 39; time to 95 per cent of asymptote 18 to 254 days; missing one opportunity did not materially affect the process; more consistent performance associated with better fit.
96 volunteers, one eating, drinking or activity behaviour daily in the same context for 12 weeks; 82 gave sufficient data; model fitted for 62, good fit for 39; time to 95 per cent of asymptote 18 to 254 days; missing one opportunity did not materially affect the process; more consistent performance associated with better fit.
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Lally, P., van Jaarsveld, C. H. M., Potts, H. W. W. & Wardle, J. (2010). "How are habits formed: modelling habit formation in the real world." European Journal of Social Psychology, 40(6), 998-1009.