TY - JOUR
T1 - Good intentions, bad habits, and effects of forming implementation intentions on healthy eating
AU - Verplanken, Bas
AU - Faes, Suzanne
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - A field experiment demonstrated that forming implementation intentions was effective in changing complex everyday behavior, in this case establishing a healthier diet. Implementation intentions concerned a specific plan for when and how to act. The effect of implementation intentions was additive to the prediction of healthy eating by behavioral intentions to eat healthily. Implementation intentions were pitted against individual differences in counterintentional (unhealthy) habits. The effects of implementation intentions and counterintentional habits were independent, suggesting that implementation intentions did not break the negative influence of unhealthy habits, and yet managed to make those with unhealthy habits eat healthier in habit-unrelated respects.
AB - A field experiment demonstrated that forming implementation intentions was effective in changing complex everyday behavior, in this case establishing a healthier diet. Implementation intentions concerned a specific plan for when and how to act. The effect of implementation intentions was additive to the prediction of healthy eating by behavioral intentions to eat healthily. Implementation intentions were pitted against individual differences in counterintentional (unhealthy) habits. The effects of implementation intentions and counterintentional habits were independent, suggesting that implementation intentions did not break the negative influence of unhealthy habits, and yet managed to make those with unhealthy habits eat healthier in habit-unrelated respects.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033169292&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199908/09)29:5/6<591::AID-EJSP948>3.0.CO;2-H
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199908/09)29:5/6<591::AID-EJSP948>3.0.CO;2-H
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033169292
SN - 0046-2772
VL - 29
SP - 591
EP - 604
JO - European Journal of Social Psychology
JF - European Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 5-6
ER -