ReviewFrontiers in psychology2019
How to Measure Behavioral Spillovers: A Methodological Review and Checklist.
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- Spillover effects of pro-environmental behavior in the Metaverse.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Health and environmental goals and behaviors: parallel and facilitating effects.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Bridging the gap in Chagas disease management: a mixed-methods study using an implementation science approach within the Brazilian primary health care system-'Implementa-Chagas/SaMi-Trop project'.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Behavioral spillover between the use of reusable shopping bags and recycling at home: A field experiment.PloS one · 2025Article
- The more the better? Synergies of prosocial interventions and effects on behavioural spillovers.Journal of environmental economics and management · 2024Article
- Experimental evidence on the role of framing, difficulty and domain-similarity in shaping behavioral spillovers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- On spillovers in economic evaluations: definition, mapping review and research agenda.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2024Review
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- Spillover of sustainable routines from work to private life: application of the Identity and Practice Interdependence Framework.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Does the Pro-Environmental Behavior of Household PV Installation Contribute to the Shaping of Users' Green Purchasing Behavior?-Evidence from China.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Exploring potential mental health spillover effects among caregivers and partners of youth in Sierra Leone: A qualitative study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
- Framework for identification and measurement of spillover effects in policy implementation: intended non-intended targeted non-targeted spillovers (INTENTS).Implementation science communications · 2022Article
- Exploring Spillover Effects for COVID-19 Cascade Prediction.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Moral-psychological mechanisms of rebound effects from a consumer-centered perspective: A conceptualization and research directions.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- One more step in the study of children's daily stress: The spillover effect as the transfer of tension in family and school environments.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Association Between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours and Coronavirus Protective Behaviours.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Will Costliness Amplify the Signalling Strength of Past Pro-Environmental Behaviour? Exploratory Study on Autonomy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Rationalizing Inconsistent Consumer Behavior. Understanding Pathways That Lead to Negative Spillover of Pro-environmental Behaviors in Daily Life.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
A growing stream of literature at the interface between economics and psychology is currently investigating 'behavioral spillovers' in (and across) different domains, including health, environmental, and pro-social behaviors. A variety of empirical methods have been used to measure behavioral spillovers to date, from qualitative self-reports to statistical/econometric analyses, from online and lab experiments to field experiments. The aim of this paper is to critically review the main experimental and non-experimental methods to measure behavioral spillovers to date, and to discuss their methodological strengths and weaknesses. A consensus mixed-method approach is then discussed which uses between-subjects randomization and behavioral observations together with qualitative self-reports in a longitudinal design in order to follow up subjects over time. In particular, participants to an experiment are randomly assigned to a treatment group where a behavioral intervention takes place to target behavior 1, or to a control group where behavior 1 takes place absent any behavioral intervention. A behavioral spillover is empirically identified as the effect of the behavioral intervention in the treatment group on a subsequent, not targeted, behavior 2, compared to the corresponding change in behavior 2 in the control group. Unexpected spillovers and additional insights (e.g., drivers, barriers, mechanisms) are elicited through analysis of qualitative data. In the spirit of the pre-analysis plan, a systematic checklist is finally proposed to guide researchers and policy-makers through the main stages and features of the study design in order to rigorously test and identify behavioral spillovers, and to favor transparency, replicability, and meta-analysis of studies.
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