Theories of Behavior Change

Our review of protection motivation theory in health behavior that summarizes evidence, discusses limitations, and makes research and practice recommendations led by @ucmerced PhD student @JessicaBallaUCM is now published and open access in @healthpsychrev tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Interested in self-control & health behavior? Then please check out our new review of trait self-control as a health behavior determinant just published open access in the special issue of Curr Opin Psychol on self-control @DrKyraHamilton @ELSpsychology doi.org/10.1016/j.cops…

@martinhagger and @DrKyraHamilton have produced this stellar piece for the SEPP special issue. 'Testing theory predictions and intervention mechanisms of action in sport and exercise psychology using meta-analysis'. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-03…

Our article on testing theory predictions and intervention mechanisms of action in sport and exercise psychology using meta-analysis is out now in @APA Journal Sport Exerc. Perf. Psychol. @DrKyraHamilton Article: doi.org/10.1037/spy000… Post-print: osf.io/bz5as/

Check out today's #TTBCIFeature, a meta-analysis on longitudinal tests of the theory of planned behavior for health behaviors! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to SHARPP lab leadership team member Geovanni Angelica for his recent outstanding student award news.ucmerced.edu/news/2024/ssha…

4 years ago today our friend Professor Nikos Chatzisarantis died. Nikos you still make us laugh and smile when we think of you. We miss you mate fepsac.com/old-web/obitua…

Join us TODAY for the TTBCI SIG business meeting from 3pm-3:50pm in room Franklin 3! We're so excited to share our activities from this year, shout out our award winners, and discuss your ideas for future plans 👏👏

Great to share our work on including socio-structural predictors in social cognition models today in our Presidential Symposium at #SBM2024 @martinhagger @BSchuez @jacobjkeech @hapiresearch @SHARPP_lab @SBMTheory

Our meta-analysis of longitudinal tests of the theory of planned behavior now in print in European Review of Social Psychology, open access @DrKyraHamilton tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

If you’re at #ASBHM2024 this week, check out the line up of presentations from the HaPI Lab @griffith_uni

By the way, apparently this is 'Big in Japan', somewhat appropriate for a classics book!

Health Psychology 古典的研究を各章1つ取り上げ、背景、理論、批判、社会的影響を現代的文脈で説くRevisiting the Classic Studiesシリーズ最新刊。フリードマンとローゼンマン、マーモット等 #健康心理学 の13の研究を検討します。 💡教科書見本・採用のご相談は弊社まで ow.ly/BX3n50PL8Al

Nice to see the launch of our new edited book Health Psychology: Revisiting the Classics @Sage_Publishing lead edited by @marktarrant_91 in which leading authors discuss 'classic' studies in health psychology - fundamentals, controversies, and advances us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/heal…

Finally, this meta-analysis on sense of research on coherence and physical activity has appeared in print! - this was part of @susettemoyers PhD work @ucmerced @SHARPP_lab doi.org/10.1080/175098…

NOW in print and OPEN ACCESS, our article on predicting sugar intake using an extended theory of planned behavior that includes habit and self‐control led by @danjphipps @DrKyraHamilton onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/br…

At the @ucmerced State of the University address by @ChancellorMunoz impressive progress and rankings. "UC Merced has built a reputation of research excellence but not without consideration for equity"

Interested in studying for a PhD in Psychological Sciences @ucmerced part of the prestigious @UofCalifornia system? We specialize in Developmental, Health or Quantitative psychology with world class faculty. Discover more in our upcoming webinars: applygrad.ucmerced.edu/portal/program…..

Come and join our outstanding, world class Faculty in Quantitative Methods, Measurement, and Statistics in the Psychological Sciences Department @ucmerced @UCM_QuantPsych as a tenure-track Assistant Professor aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01611