ReviewHealth psychology review2018
Harnessing centred identity transformation to reduce executive function burden for maintenance of health behaviour change: the Maintain IT model.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Understanding Adult's Experiences and Perceptions of How to Maintain Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Parents' experiences of family-based physical activity interventions: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Successful weight loss maintenance: A systematic review of weight control registries.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Brief coaching intervention to reverse weight regain during weight loss maintenance: a preliminary randomized controlled trial.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
- Changes in identity and habit formation during 3 months of sport and physical activity participation among parents with young children.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Trial
- Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Weight Loss and Physical Activity Outcomes.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2019Trial
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- Testing key pathways of the multi-process action control framework: factors associated with exercise identity in people living with and beyond cancer.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Application of a conceptual model to predict physical activity identity among Canadian adults.British journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- The secret life of all-or-nothing thinking with exercise: new insights into an overlooked barrier.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Exercise identity and physical activity according to socioeconomic status in China: the moderating role of gender.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Ethnic Identity Profiles Among Adolescents in the ABCD Study: Associations with Resting State Functional Connectivity and Perceived Discrimination.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Corrigendum to "Behaviour change techniques, intervention features and usability of diet apps" [Prevent. Med. Rep. 54 (2025) 103085].Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Behaviour change techniques, intervention features and usability of diet apps.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Outcome Expectations on Physical Activity: The Roles of Body Appreciation and Health Status.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The PHEM-B toolbox of methods for incorporating the influences on Behaviour into Public Health Economic Models.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Role of Intention, Behavioral Regulation, and Physical Activity Behavior in the Prediction of Physical Activity Identity across Time.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A social media game to increase physical activity among older adult women: protocol of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate CHALLENGE.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of socioecological factors on health behaviors and weight change during major life event: A cross-sectional study using data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Multidimensional Religiousness and Spirituality Are Associated With Lower Interleukin-6 and C-Reactive Protein at Midlife: Findings From the Midlife in the United States Study.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
The inability to produce sustainable lifestyle modifications (e.g., physical activity, healthy diet) remains a major barrier to reducing morbidity and mortality from prevalent, preventable conditions. The objective of this paper is to present a model that builds on and extends foundational theory and research to suggest novel approaches that may help to produce lasting behaviour change. The model aims to integrate factors not typically examined together in order to elucidate potential processes underlying a shift from behaviour initiation to long-term maintenance. The central premise of the Maintain IT model builds on approaches demonstrating that in-tact executive function (EF) is critical for health behaviour initiation, for more complex behaviours beyond initiation, and in unsupportive environments and circumstances, but successful recruitment of EF is effortful and prone to error. Enduring changes are more likely if the underlying cognitive processes can become less effortful (non-conscious, automatic). The Maintain IT model posits that a centred identity transformation is one path leading to less effortful processing and facilitating successful recruitment of EF when necessary over the long term, increasing the sustainability of health behaviour change. A conceptual overview of the literature supporting the utility of this integrative model, future directions, and anticipated challenges are presented.
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