TY  - JOUR
A1  - Opwis, Mareile
A1  - Bartel, Eva Catrin
A1  - Salewski, Christel
A1  - Schmidt, Jennifer
T1  - Sorry—Bad Habit! Validation of the German Self-Report Habit Index with a Test for Its Relation to Potentially Addictive Forms of Health-Risk Behaviors
JF  - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
N2  - Habits are highly automated behaviors that have received renewed attention in addiction research. The Self-Report Habit Index (SRHI) is a widely used measure of habits. Two cross-sectional online studies aimed at validating a German version of the SRHI to assess two everyday health-risk behaviors: caffeine consumption and smartphone/tablet use. In both studies (N = 1310), the SRHI scales (one adapted for caffeine consumption, one for smartphone/tablet use), as well as corresponding addiction scales and health outcomes (study 1), or established validity measures (study 2), were assessed. Both SRHI scales showed satisfying item characteristics, high internal consistencies (αs > .90), adequate construct validity, and a three-factorial solution with a satisfying model fit (CFI/TLIs > .95, SRMRs ≤ 0.05). Highest correlations emerged between SRHI and addiction scales. The studies show that the German SRHI can be used to validly assess health-risk behaviors. The observed strong correlations of the SRHI scales with addiction scales suggest that (self-reported) habit is indeed an important aspect to consider in addiction research.
KW  - Habit
KW  - Addiction
KW  - Caffeine
KW  - Smartphone
KW  - Self Report Habit Index
Y1  - 2023
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-023-01057-3
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01057-3
SN  - 1557-1882
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Opwis, Mareile
A1  - Schmidt, Jennifer
A1  - Martin, Alexandra
A1  - Salewski, Christel
T1  - Gender differences in eating behavior and eating pathology: The mediating role of rumination
JF  - Appetite
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 0195-6663
VL  - 110
SP  - 103
EP  - 107
ER  -