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Attractor landscapes: a unifying conceptual model for understanding behaviour change across scales of observation
Heino, Matti; Proverbio, Daniele; Marchand, Gwen et al.
2022In Health Psychology Review
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Keywords :
Attractor landscape; Complexity; Complex systems; Behaviour change; Dynamics
Abstract :
[en] Models and theories in behaviour change science are not in short supply, but they almost exclusively pertain to a particular facet of behaviour, such as automaticity or reasoned action, or to a single scale of observation such as individuals or communities. We present a highly generalisable conceptual model which is widely used in complex systems research from biology to physics, in an accessible form to behavioural scientists. The proposed model of attractor landscapes can be used to understand human behaviour change on different levels, from individuals to dyads, groups and societies. We use the model as a tool to present neglected ideas in contemporary behaviour change science, such as hysteresis and nonlinearity. The model of attractor landscapes can deepen understanding of well-known features of behaviour change (research), including short-livedness of intervention effects, problematicity of focusing on behavioural initiation while neglecting behavioural maintenance, continuum and stage models of behaviour change understood within a single accommodating framework, and the concept of resilience. We also demonstrate potential methods of analysis and outline avenues for future research.
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Heino, Matti;  Tampere University
Proverbio, Daniele ;  University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) > Interventional Neuroscience
Marchand, Gwen;  University of Nevada
Resnicow, Kenneth;  University of Michigan
Hankonen, Nelli;  Tampere University
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Attractor landscapes: a unifying conceptual model for understanding behaviour change across scales of observation
Publication date :
December 2022
Journal title :
Health Psychology Review
ISSN :
1743-7202
Publisher :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Physics and Materials Science
FnR Project :
FNR10907093 - Critical Transitions In Complex Systems: From Theory To Applications, 2015 (01/11/2016-30/04/2023) - Jorge Gonçalves
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