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Table 1 Study procedure

From: Exploratory study of the impact of perceived reward on habit formation

Timepoint

Home visit focus

Online questionnaire content

T0: 0 weeks

(Baseline)

Consent

Given floss and vitamin C tablets

Online vitamin C intervention

Measures: Behaviour self-report, automaticity, context stability, intention, rewarding variables

T1: 4 weeks

Face-to-face flossing intervention

Measures: Behaviour self-report, automaticity, context stability, intention, rewarding variables

T2: 8 weeks

n/a

Measures: Behaviour self-report, automaticity, context stability, intention, rewarding variables

T3: 12 weeks

n/a

Measures: Behaviour self-report, automaticity, context stability, intention, rewarding variables

T4: 16 weeks

Semi-structured interview

Measures: Behaviour self-report, automaticity, context stability, intention, rewarding variables

  1. Note: Due to data collection problems, the context stability items were not tested for the first 38 participants