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. 2012 Aug 30;9:102. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-102

Table 3.

Primary datasets: Habit indices as correlates of behaviour and moderators of intention-behaviour relationship in four primary datasets

Source N† Behaviour Habit Intention Habit index (α) Correlations††
Moderation of intention-behaviour relationship
SRHI-SRBAI Habit-RFM Habit-behaviour Model R2††† Significance of moderation effect†††† (p) Intention-behaviour β
Weak or no habit Moderate habit Strong habit
Dataset 1: ( [16], Study 1)
105
Inactive (car) commuting
“Using a car to commute to campus”
“To use a car to commute to campus on most days”
SRHI (.95)
.94
.52
.82a
.75
.001
.54***
.27*
.01
SRBAI (.92)
.52
.76b
.75
<.001
.69***
.41***
.12
Non-SRBAI (.91)
.49
.81a
.73
.01
.57***
.37**
.16
Dataset 2: ( [16], Study 2)
102
Active (bicycle) commuting
“Using a bicycle to commute to campus”
“To use a bicycle to commute to campus on most days”
SRHI (.95)
.97
.67
.86 a
.77
.04
.16
.02
-.12
SRBAI (.93)
.65
.86 a
.77
.04
.21*
.08
-.05
Non-SRBAI (.91)
.67
.84 a
.74
.04
.26**
.12
-.02
Dataset 3: New dataset
188
Unhealthy snacking
“Eating high-calorie snacks”
“To avoid high-calorie snacks”
SRHI (.89)
.90
-
.50a
.26
.89
 
 
 
SRBAI (.84)
-
.42b
.19
.35
 
 
 
Non-SRBAI (.81)
-
.50a
.27
.95
 
 
 
Dataset 4: New dataset 204 Alcohol consumption with the evening meal “Drinking an alcoholic drink with my evening meal” “To drink an alcoholic drink with my evening meal” SRHI (.89)
.95 -
.80 a
.68
.14
 
 
 
SRBAI (.84)
-
.75 b
.64
.02
.56***
.46***
.35***
Non-SRBAI (.81) - .80 a .68 .18      

*p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001. Further details and analyses of all datasets are available on request from the first author.

Ns are reduced for correlations with RFM in Datasets 1 (N = 102) and 2 (N = 99) due to missing RFM data.

†† Differing superscript letters in ‘habit-behaviour’ column indicate differences in the magnitude of habit-behaviour correlations at p < .05 (see [37]). Correlations with the transport-specific RFM were only available in Datasets 1 and 2. All correlations significant at p < .01.

††† All regression models were significant at p < .001.

†††† ‘Moderation effect’ refers to the predictive impact of a means-centred habit x intention interaction term on behaviour, controlling for habit and intention as independent predictors. Simple slope coefficients are provided for significant moderation effects only (p < .05).