Commentary: the impact of asking intention or self-prediction questions on subsequent behavior: a meta-analysis

Angela M Rodrigues; David French; Falko Sniehotta

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00879

Commentary: the impact of asking intention or self-prediction questions on subsequent behavior: a meta-analysis

Angela M Rodrigues, David French, Falko Sniehotta

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	879
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00879
Publication status	Published - 9 Jun 2016

Keywords

question-behavior effect
mere-measurement effect
health behavior
behavior change
public health

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