How habitual is everyday life? An ecological momentary assessment study
[ARTICLE NOT READ; paywalled, publisher page empty, no abstract at Crossref. Every figure comes from the University of South Carolina press release of 23 September 2025, read in full] Rebar, A. L., Vincent, G., Kovac Le Cornu, K., & Gardner, B. (2025). 'How habitual is everyday life? An ecological momentary assessment study.' Psychology & Health, 41(9), 1507-1532. doi:10.1080/08870446.2025.2561149. Published online 18 September 2025. the best modern estimate, and the one that reframes the article. DESIGN as the release describes it: 105 participants completing six daily surveys on their moment-to-moment activities over a week. What they were doing: employment, education or volunteering 21.7 per cent, domestic or childcare 17.9, screen time 17.2, eating or drinking 10.7, exercise 5.9. FIGURES: 66.34 per cent of daily behaviours were habitually instigated; 87.6 per cent of habits were habitually executed; 76.2 per cent of daily behaviours were intentional; the overlap between habitual and intentional was 46 per cent. Exercise was the outlier, more likely to be habitually instigated and less likely to be habitually executed. THE REFRAME, as the release puts it: the researchers looked at alignment between intentions and habits, 'concepts that are frequently portrayed as oppositional but are often complementary, likely because habits are typically formed through the repetition of an intended behavior.' Rebar in the release: 'Many psychology models portray people as rational decision makers who carefully deliberate
[ARTICLE NOT READ; paywalled, publisher page empty, no abstract at Crossref. Every figure comes from the University of South Carolina press release of 23 September 2025, read in full] Rebar, A. L., Vincent, G., Kovac Le Cornu, K., & Gardner, B. (2025). 'How habitual is everyday life? An ecological momentary assessment study.' Psychology & Health, 41(9), 1507-1532. doi:10.1080/08870446.2025.2561149. Published online 18 September 2025. the best modern estimate, and the one that reframes the article. DESIGN as the release describes it: 105 participants completing six daily surveys on their moment-to-moment activities over a week. What they were doing: employment, education or volunteering 21.7 per cent, domestic or childcare 17.9, screen time 17.2, eating or drinking 10.7, exercise 5.9. FIGURES: 66.34 per cent of daily behaviours were habitually instigated; 87.6 per cent of habits were habitually executed; 76.2 per cent of daily behaviours were intentional; the overlap between habitual and intentional was 46 per cent. Exercise was the outlier, more likely to be habitually instigated and less likely to be habitually executed. THE REFRAME, as the release puts it: the researchers looked at alignment between intentions and habits, 'concepts that are frequently portrayed as oppositional but are often complementary, likely because habits are typically formed through the repetition of an intended behavior.' Rebar in the release: 'Many psychology models portray people as rational decision makers who carefully deliberate
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Rebar, A. L., Vincent, G., Kovac Le Cornu, K., & Gardner, B. (2025). How habitual is everyday life? An ecological momentary assessment study. Psychology & Health, 41(9), 1507-1532.