Open AccessDigitally characterizing the dynamics of multiple health behavior change.
Author(s) -
Bonnie Spring,
Tammy K. Stump,
Samuel L. Battalio,
H. Gene McFadden,
Angela Fidler Pfammatter,
Nabil Alshurafa,
Donald Hedeker
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0001057
Subject(s) - automaticity , analysis of variance , habit , scale (ratio) , medicine , intervention (counseling) , psychology , demography , social psychology , cognition , psychiatry , sociology , physics , quantum mechanics
We applied the ORBIT model to digitally define dynamic treatment pathways whereby intervention improves multiple risk behaviors. We hypothesized that effective intervention improves the frequency and consistency of targeted health behaviors and that both correlate with automaticity (habit) and self-efficacy (self-regulation).