Habit Discontinuity, Self-Activation, and the Diminishing Influence of Context Change: Evidence from the UK Understanding Society Survey

Gregory Owen Thomas; Wouter Poortinga; Elena Sautkina

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153490

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Habit Discontinuity, Self-Activation, and the Diminishing Influence of Context Change: Evidence from the UK Understanding Society Survey

Gregory Owen Thomas ,

* E-mail: ThomasG37@cardiff.ac.uk

Affiliation Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Bute Building, King Edward VII Ave, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, United Kingdom
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Wouter Poortinga,

Affiliation Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Bute Building, King Edward VII Ave, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, United Kingdom
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Elena Sautkina

Affiliation Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Bute Building, King Edward VII Ave, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, United Kingdom
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Habit Discontinuity, Self-Activation, and the Diminishing Influence of Context Change: Evidence from the UK Understanding Society Survey

Gregory Owen Thomas,
Wouter Poortinga,
Elena Sautkina

Published: April 27, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153490

About the Authors

Gregory Owen Thomas

* E-mail: ThomasG37@cardiff.ac.uk

Affiliation Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Bute Building, King Edward VII Ave, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, United Kingdom

Wouter Poortinga

Affiliation Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Bute Building, King Edward VII Ave, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, United Kingdom

Elena Sautkina

Affiliation Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Bute Building, King Edward VII Ave, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GOT. Performed the experiments: GOT. Analyzed the data: GOT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GOT WP. Wrote the paper: GOT WP ES.

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