Professor Bas Verplanken

Book Sections

Verplanken, B., 2010. Old habits and new routes to sustainable behaviour. In: Whitmarsh, L., O'Neill, S. and Lorenzoni, I., eds. Engaging the Public with Climate Change. London: Earthscan, pp. 17-30.

Verplanken, B., 2010. By force of habit. In: Steptoe, A., Freedland, K. E., Jennings, J. R., Llabre, M. M., Manuck, S. B. and Susman, E. J., eds. Handbook of Behavioral Medicine: Methods and applications. New York: Springer, pp. 73-82.

Verplanken, B., 2009. Habit: from overt action to mental events. In: Agnew, C., Carlston, D. E., Graziano, W. G. and Kelly, J. R., eds. Then a Miracle Occurs: Focusing on Behavior in Social Psychological Theory and Research. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 68-88.

Verplanken, B., 2005. Habits and implementation intentions. In: The ABC of behavioural change. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science, pp. 99-109.

Verplanken, B., Myrbakk, V. and Rudi, E., 2005. The measurement of habit. In: The routines of decision making. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 231-247.

Verplanken, B., 2002. Environmental concern: The key to communication effects and behavioral change. In: Marketing for sustainability: Towards transactional policy-making. Amsterdam: Amsterdam: IOS Press, pp. 213-222.

Articles

Rabinovich, A., Morton, T. A., Postmes, T. and Verplanken, B., 2012. Collective self and individual choice: the effects of intergroup comparative context on individual values and behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 51 (4), pp. 551-569.

Gebauer, J. E., Sedikides, C., Verplanken, B. and Maio, G. R., 2012. Communal narcissism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103 (5), pp. 854-878.

Honkanen, P., Olsen, S. O., Verplanken, B. and Tuu, H. H., 2012. Reflective and impulsive influences on unhealthy snacking: the moderating effects of food related self-control. Appetite, 58 (2), pp. 616-622.

Verplanken, B., 2012. When bittersweet turns sour: adverse effects of nostalgia on habitual worriers. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42 (3), pp. 285-289.

Verplanken, B. and Tangelder, Y., 2011. No body is perfect: The significance of habitual negative thinking about appearance for body dissatisfaction, eating disorder propensity, self-esteem, and snacking. Psychology and Health, 26 (6), pp. 685-701.

Verplanken, B. and Sato, A., 2011. The Psychology of Impulse Buying: An Integrative Self-Regulation Approach. Journal of Consumer Policy, 34 (2), pp. 197-210.

Orbell, S. and Verplanken, B., 2010. The automatic component of habit in health behavior: habit as cue-contingent automaticity. Health Psychology, 29 (4), pp. 374-383.

Rabinovich, A., Morton, T. A., Postmes, T. and Verplanken, B., 2009. Think global, act local: The effect of goal and mindset specificity on willingness to donate to an environmental organization. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29 (4), pp. 391-399.

Verplanken, B., Trafimow, D., Khusid, I. K., Holland, R. W. and Steentjes, G. M., 2009. Different selves, different values: effects of self-construals on value activation and use. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39 (6), pp. 909-919.

Herabadi, A. G., Verplanken, B. and van Knippenberg, A., 2009. Consumption experience of impulse buying in Indonesia: Emotional arousal and hedonistic considerations. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 12 (1), pp. 20-31.

Verplanken, B., Walker, I., Davis, A. and Jurasek, M., 2008. Context change and travel mode choice: Combining the habit discontinuity and self-activation hypotheses. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 28 (2), pp. 121-127.

Verplanken, B. and Velsvik, R., 2008. Habitual negative body image thinking as psychological risk factor in adolescents. Body Image, 5 (2), pp. 133-140.

Verplanken, B. and Melkevik, O., 2008. Predicting habit: The case of physical exercise. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 9 (1), pp. 15-26.

Maio, G. R., Verplanken, B., Manstead, A. S. R., Stroebe, W., Abraham, C. S., Sheeran, P. and Conner, M., 2008. Social psychological factors in lifestyle change and their relevance to policy. Social Issues and Policy Review, 1, pp. 99-137.

Verplanken, B., Friborg, O., Wang, C. E., Trafimow, D. and Woolf, K., 2007. Mental habits: Metacognitive reflection on negative self-thinking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92 (3), pp. 526-541.

Verplanken, B., 2006. Beyond frequency: Habit as mental construct. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45, pp. 639-656.

Honkanen, P., Verplanken, B. and Olsen, S. O., 2006. Ethical values and motives driving organic food choice. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 5, pp. 420-430.

Verplanken, B. and Wood, W., 2006. Interventions to break and create consumer habits. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 25 (1), pp. 90-103.

Brug, J., de Vet, E., Wind, M., de Nooijer, J. and Verplanken, B., 2006. Predicting fruit consumption: Cognitions, intention, and habits. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 38 (2), pp. 73-81.

Verplanken, B., Herabadi, A. G., Perry, J. A. and Silvera, D. H., 2005. Consumer style and health: The role of impulsive buying in unhealthy eating. Psychology & Health, 20 (4), pp. 429-441.

Honkanen, P., Olsen, S. O. and Verplanken, B., 2005. Intention to consume seafood: The importance of habit strength. Appetite, 45 (2), pp. 161-168.

Brennen, T., Hall, C., Verplanken, B. and Nunn, J., 2005. Predictors of ideas about seasonal psychological fluctuations. Environment and Behavior, 37 (2), pp. 220-236.

Ruiter, R. A. C., Verplanken, B., De Cremer, D. and Kok, G., 2004. Danger and fear control in response to fear appeals: The role of need for cognition. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 26 (1), pp. 13-24.

van den Berg, S., Aarts, A., Midden, C. and Verplanken, B., 2004. The role of executive processes in prospective memory tasks. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 16 (4), pp. 511-533.

Honkanen, P. and Verplanken, B., 2004. Understanding attitudes towards genetically modified food: The role of values and value strength. Journal of Consumer Policy, 27 (4), pp. 401-420.

Verplanken, B., 2004. Value congruence and job satisfaction among nurses: A human relations perspective. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 41 (6), pp. 599-605.

Holland, R. W., Verplanken, B. and van Knippenberg, A., 2003. From repetition to conviction: Attitude accessibility as a determinant of attitude certainty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39 (6), pp. 594-601.

Rise, J., Thompson, M. and Verplanken, B., 2003. Measuring implementation intentions in the context of the theory of planned behaviour. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 44 (2), pp. 87-95.

Verplanken, B. and Orbell, S., 2003. Reflections on past behavior: A self-report index of habit strength. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33 (6), pp. 1313-1330.

Ruiter, R. A. C., Kok, G., Verplanken, B. and van Eersel, G., 2003. Strengthening the persuasive impact of fear appeals: The role of action framing. The Journal of Social Psychology, 143 (3), pp. 397-400.

Ruiter, R. A. C., Verplanken, B., Kok, G. and Werrij, M. O., 2003. The role of coping appraisal in reactions to fear appeals: Do we need threat information? Journal of Health Psychology, 8 (4), pp. 465-474.

Verplanken, B. and Holland, R., 2002. Motivated decision-making: Effects of activation and self-centrality of values on choices and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82 (3), pp. 434-447.

Holland, R. W., Verplanken, B. and van Knippenberg, A., 2002. On the nature of attitude-behavior relations: The strong guide, the weak follow. European Journal of Social Psychology, 32 (6), pp. 869-876.

Ruiter, R. A. C., Kok, G., Verplanken, B. and Brug, J., 2001. Evoked Fear and Effects of Appeals on Attitudes to Performing Breast Self-examination: An Information Processing Perspective. Health Education Research, 16 (3), pp. 307-319.

Verplanken, B. and Herabadi, A., 2001. Individual differences in impulse buying tendency: Feeling and no thinking. European Journal of Personality, 15 (1), S71-S83.

Verplanken, B., 1997. The effect of catastrophe potential on the interpretation of numerical probabilities of the occurrence of hazards. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27 (16), pp. 1453-1467.

Verplanken, B., 1993. Need for cognition and external information search: Responses to time pressure during decision-making. Journal of Research in Personality, 27 (3), pp. 238-252.

Verplanken, B., 1991. Persuasive communication of risk information: A test of cue versus message processing effects in a field experiment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17 (2), pp. 188-193.

Conference or Workshop Items

Verplanken, B., 2011. Habitual Worrying and Benefits of Mindfulness. In: European Health Psychology Conference, 2011-09-21 - 2011-09-24, Crete.