Bas Verplanken
My research interests include attitudes and attitude-behavior relations, values, self, self-thinking and self-regulation. I have a particular interest in habits, both habitual overt behaviors as well as mental habits (repetitive and automatic thinking). Work in applied settings comprises impulsive consumer behavior, health behavior, food choice, body image, emotion regulation, and environmental concern.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Health Psychology
- Self and Identity
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If You Don't Understand Habits, How Can You Hope to Change Them?
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47:25 If You Don't Understand Habits, How Can You Hope to Change Them?
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1:32 The Definition of a Habit
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4:00 The Three Key Elements of a Habit
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- Gebauer, J.E., Sedikides, C., Verplanken, B., & Maio, G.R. (2012). Communal narcissism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, doi: 10.1037/a0029629.
- Honkanen, P., Olsen, S.O., Verplanken, B., & Tuu, H.H. (2012). Reflective and impulsive influences on unhealthy snacking: The moderating effects of self-control. Appetite, 58, 616-622.
- Orbell, S., & Verplanken, B. (2010). The automatic component of habit in health behavior: Habit as cue-contingent automaticity. Health Psychology, 29, 374-383.
- Rabinovich, A., Morton, T.A., Postmes, T., & Verplanken, B. (2011). Collective self and individual choice: The effects of inter-group comparative context on individual values and behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 51, 551-569.
- Verplanken, B. (2012). When bittersweet turns sour: Adverse effects of nostalgia on habitual worriers. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 285-289.
- Verplanken, B. (2010). Habit: From overt action to mental events. In C. R. Agnew, D. E. Carlston, W. G. Graziano, & J. R. Kelly (Eds.), Then a miracle occurs: Focusing on behavior in social psychological theory and research (pp. 68-88). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Verplanken, B. (2006). Beyond frequency: Habit as mental construct. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 639-656.
- Verplanken, B., & Fisher, N. (2013). Habitual worrying and benefits of mindfulness. Mindfulness (in press).
- Verplanken, B., Friborg, O., Wang, C. E., Trafimow, D., & Woolf, K. (2007). Mental habits: Metacognitive reflection on negative self-thinking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 526-541.
- Verplanken, B., & Herabadi, A. (2001). Individual differences in impulse buying tendency: Feeling and no thinking. European Journal of Personality, 15, S71-S83.
- Verplanken, B., Herabadi, A. G., Perry, J. A., & Silvera, D. H. (2005). Consumer style and health: The role of impulsive buying in unhealthy eating. Psychology and Health, 20, 429-441.
- Verplanken, B., & Holland, R. (2002). Motivated decision making: Effects of activation and self-centrality of values on choices and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 434-447.
- Verplanken, B., & Melkevik, O. (2008). Predicting habit: The case of physical exercise. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 9, 15-26.
- Verplanken, B., & Orbell, S. (2003). Reflections on past behavior: A self-report index of habit strength. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 1313-1330.
- Verplanken, B., & Sato, A. (2011). The psychology of impulse buying: An integrative self-regulation approach. Journal of Consumer Policy, 34, 197–210.
- Verplanken, B., & Tangelder, Y. (2011). No body is perfect: The significance of habitual negative thinking about appearance for body dissatisfaction, eating disorder propensity, self-esteem and snacking. Psychology and Health, 26(6), 685-701.
- Verplanken, B., Trafimow, D., Khusid, I. K., Holland, R. W., & Steentjes, G. M. (2009). Different selves, different values: Effects of self-construals on value activation and use. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 900-919.
- Verplanken, B., & Velsvik, R. (2008). Habitual negative body image thinking as psychological risk factor in adolescents. Body Image, 5, 133-140.
- Verplanken, B., Walker, I., Davis, A., & Jurasek, M. (2008). Context change and travel mode choice: Combining the habit discontinuity and self-activation hypotheses. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 9, 15-26.
- Verplanken, B., & Wood, W. (2006). Interventions to break and create consumer habits. Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, 25, 90-103.
Bas Verplanken
Department of Psychology
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath BA2 7AY
United Kingdom
- Phone: +44 1225 38 4906
- Fax: +44 1225 38 6752
- Email: B.Verplanken@bath.ac.uk