Implicit processes, self-regulation, and interventions for behavior change

ST QUINTON, Tom and BRUNTON, Julie A. (2017). Implicit processes, self-regulation, and interventions for behavior change. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, p. 346.

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Abstract

The ability to regulate and subsequently change behavior is influenced by both reflective and implicit processes. Traditional theories have focused on conscious processes by highlighting the beliefs and intentions that influence decision making. However, their success in changing behavior has been modest with a gap between intention and behavior apparent. Dual-process models have been recently applied to health psychology; with numerous models incorporating implicit processes that influence behavior as well as the more common conscious processes. Such implicit processes are theorized to govern behavior non-consciously. The article provides a commentary on motivational and volitional processes and how interventions have combined to attempt an increase in positive health behaviors. Following this, non-conscious processes are discussed in terms of their theoretical underpinning. The article will then highlight how these processes have been measured and will then discuss the different ways that the non-conscious and conscious may interact. The development of interventions manipulating both processes may well prove crucial in successfully altering behavior.

Item Type:	Article
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Health and Well-being > Department of Sport
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00346
Page Range:	p. 346
Depositing User:	Beatrice Turpin
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2018 10:58
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 11:34
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/20947

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