@article{Keller2021-11-21selfr-55812,
  year={2021},
  doi={10.1080/08870446.2021.2005793},
  title={The self-regulation of face touching : a preregistered experiment testing if-then plans as a means to promote COVID-19 prevention},
  issn={0887-0446},
  journal={Psychology & Health},
  author={Keller, Lucas and Kabengele, Marie-Claire and Gollwitzer, Peter M.}
}

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    <dcterms:abstract xml:lang="eng">Objective:&lt;br /&gt;Reducing face touching could help slow COVID-19’s spread. We tested whether implementation intentions, a simple-to-use behaviour change intervention, reduce face-touching behaviour effectively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Design:&lt;br /&gt;In this pre-registered online study, we utilised a novel way to collect behavioural data during a pandemic. We obtained video recordings of 156 adults while performing three engaging tasks for four minutes each. After the baseline task, participants formed the goal to avoid touching their faces; some participants also formed implementation intentions, targeting either the frequency or duration of face touching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Main Outcome Measures:&lt;br /&gt;The 468 videos were rated by two independent raters for face touching frequency and duration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Results:&lt;br /&gt;Face touching was widespread. Compared to the baseline, there was a slight reduction in the frequency of face touching after the experimental manipulations. We observed a significant decrease in the length of face touching only for participants with duration-focused implementation intentions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conclusion:&lt;br /&gt;While implementation intentions have effectively downregulated other unwanted behaviours, they did not reduce the frequency of face-touching behaviour. Still, duration-focused implementation intentions appear to be a promising strategy for face-touching behaviour change. This highlights the need for further optimisation and field research to test the effectiveness of implementation intentions in everyday life contexts.</dcterms:abstract>
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