TY - BOOK ID - 85677952 TI - Action and inaction PY - 2021 SN - 1108881238 1108878350 1108879705 1108840000 9781108813945 9781108840002 1108813941 9781108878357 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Decision making. KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - Psychology KW - Deciding KW - Decision (Psychology) KW - Decision analysis KW - Decision processes KW - Making decisions KW - Management KW - Management decisions KW - Problem solving KW - Decision making UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85677952 AB - This book explains how actions and inactions arise and change in social contexts, including social media and face-to-face communication. Its multidisciplinary perspective covers research from psychology, communication, public health, business studies, and environmental sciences. The reader can use this cutting-edge approach to design and interpret effects of behavioral change interventions as well as replicate the materials and methods implemented to study them. The author provides an organized set of principles that take the reader from the formation of attitudes and goals, to the structure of action and inaction. It also reflects on how cognitive processes explain excesses of action while inaction persists elsewhere. This practical guide summarises the best practices persuasion and behavioral interventions to promote changes in health, consumer, and social behaviors. ER -