期刊
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
卷 116, 期 -, 页码 73-85出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.04.024
关键词
Questionnaire; Daily routines; Automaticity; Eating; Stress; Compulsivity; Sensation-seeking; Stimulant drug exposure
资金
- British Academy
- Leverhulme Trust [SG162310]
- NIHR CLAHRC East of England
- Charles University PRVOUK programme [P38]
- Wellcome Trust [104631/z/14/z]
- Medical Research Council [MR/J012084/1, G1000183, G0001354, G1000183B, G0001354B] Funding Source: researchfish
- Wellcome Trust [104631/Z/14/Z] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G1000183, MR/J012084/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Our daily lives involve high levels of repetition of activities within similar contexts. We buy the same foods from the same grocery store, cook with the same spices, and typically sit at the same place at the dinner table. However, when questioned about these routine activities, most of us barely remember the details of our actions. Habits are automatically triggered behaviours in which we engage without conscious awareness or deliberate control. Although habits help us to operate efficiently, breaking them requires great effort. We have developed a 27-item questionnaire to measure individual differences in habitual responding in everyday life. The Creature of Habit Scale (COHS) incorporates two aspects of the general concept of habits, namely routine behaviour and automatic responses. Both aspects of habitual behaviour were weakly correlated with underlying anxiety levels, but showed a more substantial difference in relation to goal-oriented motivation. We also observed that experiences of adversity during childhood increased self-reported automaticity, and this effect was further amplified in participants who also reported exposure to stimulant drugs. The COHS is a valid and reliable self-report measure of habits, which may prove useful in a number of contexts where discerning individuals' propensity for habit is beneficial. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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