Objective People struggle to act on the goals that they set themselves, and this gap between
intention and action is likely to be exacerbated by mental health problems. Evidence …

Rationale Striving for goals is a key part of psychological therapy, but people often struggle
to translate their goals into action. Prior evidence has found that forming if then plans (or …

Interventions requesting individuals to form implementation intentions, specific plans
regarding how and when to enact behaviour, have been shown to be effective in changing a …

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the literature on two planning
intervention techniques in health behaviour research, implementation intentions and action …

Background Despite evidence-based efficacy, mental health services are underutilized due
to low rates of help-seeking, leaving unmet mental health needs a global concern. The …

Purpose: To evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of if-then implementation intentions
(if-then plans) in adult patient populations. Outcomes of interest included adherence, goal …

The current article details a position statement and recommendations for future research and
practice on planning and implementation intentions in health contexts endorsed by the …

Introduction Goal planning is routinely employed in mental health service delivery to identify
priorities for treatment and support the achievement and evaluation of outcomes. Previous …

Objective: The present study explores the behavioural impact of instrumentality and
specificity of implementation intentions. Method: At baseline, 764 participants in a smoking …

Implementation intentions are if-then plans that spell out when, where, and how a set goal
has to be put into action:«If situation x is encountered, then I will perform behavior y!» …