Commentary: The Impact of Asking Intention or Self-Prediction Questions on Subsequent Behavior: A Meta-Analysis

Rodrigues, Angela, French, David P. and Sniehotta, Falko F. (2016) Commentary: The Impact of Asking Intention or Self-Prediction Questions on Subsequent Behavior: A Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. ISSN 1664-1078

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Abstract

The term question-behavior effect (QBE) refers to the idea that asking individuals about their beliefs and intentions regarding a particular behavior may change that behavior. Two recent systematic reviews (Rodrigues et al., 2015; Wood et al., 2015) set out to assess whether the QBE was a viable intervention for social policy and public health, i.e., can behavior change be brought about just by asking questions? The reviews came to different conclusions. This commentary aims to highlight commonalities and differences between the two reviews and concludes that the case for QBE in public health is currently limited.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: question-behavior effect, mere-measurement effect, health behaviour, behavior change, public health
Subjects: B900 Others in Subjects allied to Medicine
C800 Psychology
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User: Paul Burns
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2018 10:53
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 09:50
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/35600

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