Differential influence of habit components on compulsive and problematic reward-seeking behavior

Article Article scientifique Article Differential influence of habit components on compulsive and problematic reward-seeking behavior eng 2025-05-21 2025 author Wuensch Lavinia 0000-0002-7965-6277 778098 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Stussi Yoann 0000-0002-8601-6737 700303 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Vernede Théo Jean 0009-0005-4691-3168 897306 author Murray Ryan J. author Sander David 558712 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Peron Julie Anne 705680 Section de psychologie (PSICO) author Pool Eva 0000-0001-5929-1007 699771 Section de psychologie (PSICO) e0000323 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000323 2837-8156 https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000323 <p>Habitual behavior has been identified as a key process involved in a variety of mental health problems. Previous research has shown that habit is not a unitary construct. The present study examined how different components of habitual behavior relate to compulsive and problematic reward-seeking behavior. In two experiments, participants (<i>N</i> = 666) completed a French version of the Creature of Habit Scale, which measures two components of habitual behavior: routine and automaticity. Participants also completed questionnaires assessing compulsivity, problematic reward-seeking behaviors, stress, and impulsivity. Dynamic network analyses indicated that the two habitual behavior components were differentially related to these mental health problems: routine was associated with compulsivity, while automaticity was associated with problematic media consumption. These findings suggest that taking the non-unitary architecture of habit into account may help to better understand the role of habit in mental health.</p> Habit Automaticity Routine Compulsivity Behavioral addiction Affect Mental health Dewey 128.37 Dewey 150 European Commission Characterizing information integration in reinforcement learning: a neuro-computational investigation 948671 INFORL EU H2020 Swiss National Science Foundation Individual differences in emotional learning underpinning vulnerabilities to compulsive reward-seeking behaviors 193120 CH Careers 108 Section de psychologie 71 15 Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives 0D8 false 1241 Affective sciences 593 Emergence et expression de l'émotion (E3 Lab) 1409 Neuropsychologie clinique et expérimentale (CENLab) https://github.com/Affect-Learning-Decisions-Lab/Habit_Affect PLOS mental health 2 5 9a1822ca-6296-4a20-92e9-cb3c00842e0a Article (Published version) Public wuensch_2025_pmen.pdf 4419870 application/pdf CC BY-4.0 dc6cdac3fdf543d385d4f72545121f6ff5e907b3fe1994a17e9ae85285761043 openAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie Centres et instituts / Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives

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