Building habits with an online intervention

Seventy-eight participants were equally assigned to three different online interventions. Their self-reported habit index score (SRHI) were compared before the online intervention and three weeks after the online intervention.

The three different conditions entailed 1) a control condition (n = 26) that set a SMART goal with the student; 2) an accountability intervention (n = 26) that additionally asked students to tell their friends about their goals; 3) a preparatory habit intervention (n = 26) that additionally entailed setting sub goals. I statistically controlled for the level of motivation, age, and gender. The results showed that all three conditions yield significant improvement in the mean habit gain.