Most longitudinal, correlational studies on health-behaviour change examine effects of Time1 social-cognitive predictors on subsequent behaviour. In contrast, our research focuses on associations between changes in predictors with change in behaviour. The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) distinguishes between motivational predictors for intention formation and volitional predictors for beh...

Over the years, there has been a significant increase in adoption of game-based interventions for behaviour change associated with many fields such as health, education, and psychology. This is due to significance players’ intrinsic motivation that naturally generated play games substantial impact they can have on players. Many review papers measure effectiveness use gaming changing behaviours;...

This editorial addresses two key aspects of the investigation of behaviour: the science and the application. On the one hand, researchers and policy makers recognise a need for good scientific evidence about behaviour and behaviour change, but are slow to turn to psychology for such evidence. On the other hand, there is a gap in scientific thinking about behaviour and behaviour change.