Publications
In Press
Clark, S. A., Kowitt, S. D., Jarman, K. L., Lazard, A., Queen, T., Ranney, L. M., Cornacchione Ross, J., Sheeran, P., Thrasher, J. F., & Goldstein, A. O.(in press). The role of harm visibility for pictorial health warning labels on cigars. Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Kowitt, S. D., Seidenberg, A. B., Gottfredson O’Shea, N., Ritchie, C., Galper, E., Sutfin, E. L., Sheeran, P., Noar, S. M. (in press). Synthetic nicotine descriptors: Awareness and impact on perceptions of e-cigarettes among US youth. Tobacco Control.
Seidenberg, A. B., Boynton, M. H., Brewer, N. T., Lazard, A. J., Sheeran, P., & Ribisl, K. M. (in press). Effects of modified risk tobacco claims on consumer responses. Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Sheeran, P., Listrom, O., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (in press). The when and how of planning: Meta-analysis of the scope and components of implementation intentions in 642 tests. European Review of Social Psychology. PDF
Whitesell, C., Blount, T. H., Dailey, S. A., Hall, M. G., Ribisl, K. M., Sheeran, P., Kalan, M. E., & Brewer, N. T. (2024). Uncontrolled vaping and restraint strategies: A qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine.
Yang, M. Z. & Sheeran, P. (in press). Who follows through? Different factors predict initial commitment versus following through in a national survey of organ donor registration. PLoS ONE.
2024
Galper, E. F., O’Shea, N. C. G., Ritchie, C., Kresovich, A., Ma, H., Sutfin, E. L., Sheeran, P., & Noar, S. M. (2024). Identifying promising themes and messages for youth vaping prevention: A national study. Social Science & Medicine, 348, 116864.
Kowitt, S. D., Goldstein, A. O., Cornacchione Ross, J., Clark, S. A., Jarman, K. L., Sheeran, P., Thrasher, J. F., & Ranney, L. M. (2024). Perceived effectiveness of cigar warnings in discouraging blunt use. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 26(4), 512-516.
Rams, A., Kowitt, S. D., Ritchie C., Sutfin E. L., Sheeran, P., & Noar, S. M. (2024). Awareness and perceptions of FDA’s JUUL marketing denial order: A national study of US adolescents. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 26(4), 467-473.
Sheeran, P., Kenny, A., Bermudez, A., Gray, K., Galper, E. F., Boynton, M., & Noar, S. M. (2024). Artificial intelligence simulation of adolescents’ responses to vaping-prevention messages. JAMA Pediatrics. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0274
2023
Avishai, A., Brewer, N. T., Mendel, J. R., & Sheeran, P. (2023). Expanding the analysis of mechanisms of action in behavioral interventions: Cognitive change versus cognitive activation. Psychology & Health, 38(4), 409-428. PDF
Avishai, A., Ribisl, K. M., & Sheeran, P. (2023). Realizing the Tobacco Endgame: Understanding and mobilizing public support for banning combustible cigarette sales in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 3, 115939. PDF
Boynton, M. H., Sanzo, N., Brothers, W., Kresovich, A., Sutfin, E., Sheeran, P., & Noar, S. M. (2023). Perceived effectiveness of objective elements of vaping prevention messages among adolescents. Tobacco Control, .
Browne, J., Battaglini, C. L., Jarskog, L. F., Sheeran, P., Abrantes, A. M., Elliott, T., Gonzalez, O., & Penn, D. L. 2023). Virtual group-based walking Intervention for persons with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: A randomized controlled trial. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 24, 100515.
Conner, M., Wilding, S., Wright, C. E., & Sheeran, P. (2023). How does self-control promote health behaviors: A multi-behavior test of five potential pathways. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(4), 313-322. PDF
Cornacchione Ross, J., Kowitt, S. D., Jarman, K., Ranney, L. M., Lazard, A. J., Thrasher, J. F., Sheeran, P., & Goldstein, A. O. (2023). Perceived message effectiveness of cigar warning themes among adults in the United States. Preventive Medicine Reports, 34(8), 102236.
Kowitt, S. D., Clark, S. A., Jarman, K., Cornacchione Ross, J., Ranney, L. M., Sheeran, P., Thrasher, J.F., Enyioba, C., & Goldstein, A. O. (2023). Improving point-of-sale warnings for single cigars: Implications for premium cigars. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25, S76-S80.
Ma, H., Gaudiello, E., Sheeran, P., Sanzo, N., Sutfin, E. L., & Noar, S. M., (2023). National youth tobacco surveys (2014-2019) show increasing beliefs in the harm and relative addictiveness of e-cigarettes but decreasing associations between those beliefs and e-cigarette use. Addictive Behaviors, 144, 107713.
Sheeran, P., Suls, J., Bryan, A., Cameron, L. D., Ferrer, R. A, Klein, W. M. P., & Rothman, A. J. (2023). Activation versus change as a principle underlying interventions to promote health behaviors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(3), 205-215. PDF
Sheeran, P., Wright, C. E., Listrom, O., Klein, W. M. P., & Rothman, A. J. (2023). Which intervention strategies promote the adoption and maintenance of physical activity? Evidence from behavioral trials with cancer survivors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(9), 708-721. PDF
Wright, C. E., Sheeran, P., Voils, C. I., Blalock, D. V. (2023). A review of implementation intentions as a tool to benefit high-need patients and healthcare systems: U.S. Veterans Affairs as an exemplar. Patient Education & Counseling, 116, 107937.
Yang, M., King, W. C., Oettingen, G., & Sheeran, P. (2023). Evidence that mental contrasting reduces health information avoidance. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(8), 687-692.
2022
Chang, Y-P., Way, B., Sheeran, P., Kurtz, L. E., Baucom, D. H., & Algoe, S. B. (2022). Implementation intentions to express gratitude increase daily time co-present with an intimate partner and moderate effects of variation in CD38. Scientific Reports, 12, 11697. PDF
Conner, M., Wilding, S., Prestwich, A., Hutter, R., Hurling, R., Abraham, C., & Sheeran, P. (2022). Goal prioritization and behavior change: Evaluation of an intervention for multiple health behaviors. Health Psychology, 41(5), 356-365. PDF
Feuer, Z., Michael, J., Morton, E., Matulewicz, R. S., Sheeran, P., Shoenbill, K., Goldstein, A. O., Sherman, S., Bjurlin, M. A. (2022). Systematic review of smoking relapse rates among cancer survivors who quit at time of cancer diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiology, 80, 102237.
Hartman, R., Blakey, W., Womick, J., Bail, C., Finkel, E., Han, H., Sarrouf, J., Schroeder, J., Sheeran, P., Van Bavel, J. J., Willer, R., & Gray, K. (2022). Interventions to reduce partisan animosity. Nature Human Behavior, 6(9), 1194-1205. PDF
Kowitt, S., Jarman, K., Cornacchione Ross, J., Ranney, L. M., Smith, C. A., Kistler, C. E., Lazard, A., Sheeran, P., Thrasher, J., & Goldstein, A. O. (2022). Designing more effective cigar warnings: An experiment among adult cigar smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 44(4), 617-622.
Kresovich, A., Sanzo, N., Brothers, W., Prentice-Dunn, H., Boynton, M. H., Sutfin, E. L., Sheeran, P., & Noar, S. M. (2022). What’s in the message? An analysis of themes and features used in vaping prevention messages. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 100404.
Lipkus, I. M., Mays, D., Sheeran, P., Pan, W., Cameron, L., & De Brigard, F. (2022). Effects of mental simulation of future water pipe tobacco smoking on attitudes, perceived harms, and intended use among young adults. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45(1), 76-89.
Orleans-Pobee, M., Browne, J., Ludwig, K., Meritt, C., Battaglini, C. L., Jarskog, L. F., Sheeran, P., & Penn, D. L. (2022). Physical Activity Can Enhance Life (PACE-Life): Results from a 10-week walking intervention for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Journal of Mental Health, 31(3), 357-365.
2021
Brosso, S. N., Sheeran, P., Lazard, A. J., & Muscatell, K. A. (2021). Harnessing neuroimaging to reduce socioeconomic disparities in chronic disease: A conceptual framework for improving health messaging. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 16. PDF
Browne, J., Battaglini, C., Jarskog, F., Abrantes, A., Sheeran, P., McDermott, J., Elliot, T., Gonzalez, O., Penn, D. L. (2021). Targeting physical health in schizophrenia: Results from the physical activity can enhance life (PACE-Life) 24-week open trial. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 20, 100393.
Goldstein, A. O., Jarman, K. L., Kowitt, S. D., Queen, T. L., Su Kim. K., Shook-Sa, B. E., Sheeran, P., Noar, S. M., & Ranney, L. M. (2021). Effect of cigarette constituent messages with engagement text on intention to quit smoking among adult cigarette smokers: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA Network Open, 4(2), e210045. PDF
Hall, P., Sheeran, P., Fong, G. T., Cheah, C., Oremus, M., Liu-Ambrose, T., Sakib, M. N., Butt, Z., Ayaz, H., Jandu, N., & Morita, P. (2021). Biobehavioral aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic: A review and research agenda. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83, 309-321. PDF
Rothman, A. J., & Sheeran, P. (2021). The Operating Conditions Framework: Integrating mechanisms and moderators in health behavior interventions. Health Psychology, 40(12), 845-857. PDF
Sheeran, P., Wright, C. E., Avishai, A., Villegas, M. E., Rothman, A. J., & Klein, W. M. P. (2021). Does increasing autonomous motivation or perceived competence lead to health behavior change? A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 40(10), 706-716. PDF
Wright, C. E., Rhodes, R. E., Ruggiero, E. W., & Sheeran, P. (2021). Benchmarking the effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity: A meta-synthesis. Health Psychology, 40(11), 811–821. PDF
2020
Avishai, A., Meernik, C., Goldsten, A. O., Lazard, A., Ranney, L., & Sheeran, P. (2020). Impact and mechanisms of cigarillo flavor descriptors on susceptibility to use among young adult non-users of tobacco. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 50(12), 699-708. PDF
Avishai, A. & Sheeran, P. (2020). Implicit processes and health behavior change. In K. Sweeny, M. Robbins, & L. M. Cohen (Eds.), Wiley encyclopedia of health psychology (pp.329-336). New York: Wiley. PDF
Ferrer, R. A., Taber, J. T., Sheeran, P., Bryan, A. D., Cameron, L. D., Peters, E., Lerner, J. L., Grenen, E., & Klein, W. M. P. (2020). The role of incidental affective states in appetitive risk behavior: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 39(12), 1109-1124. PDF
Goranson, A., Sheeran, P., Katz, J. & Gray, K. (2020). Doctors are seen as Godlike: Moral typecasting in medicine. Social Science & Medicine, 258, 113008. PDF
Hirschey, R., Bryant, A. L., Macek, C., Battaglini, C., Santacrcoe, S., Courneya, K. S., Walker, J. S., Avishai, A., & Sheeran, P. (2020). Predicting physical activity among cancer survivors: Meta-analytic path modeling of longitudinal studies. Health Psychology, 39(4), 269-280. PDF
Keller, L., Gollwitzer, P. M, & Sheeran, P. (2020). Changing behavior using the model of action phases. In M. S. Hagger, L. D. Cameron, K. Hamilton, N. Hankonen & T. Lintunen (Eds.), The handbook of behavior change (pp. 77-88). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. PDF
Kowitt, S., Cornacchione Ross, J., Jamrman, K., Kistler, C., Lazard, A., Ranney, L., Sheeran, P., Thrasher, J., & Goldstein, A. O. (2020). Tobacco quit intentions and behaviors in response to COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(15), 5368.
Rothman, A. J., Klein, W. M. P., & Sheeran, P. (2020). Moving from theoretical principles to intervention strategies: Applying the experimental medicine approach. In M. S. Hagger, L. D. Cameron, K. Hamilton, N. Hankonen & T. Lintunen (Eds.), The handbook of behavior change (pp. 285-299). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Rothman, A. J., & Sheeran, P. (2020). What is slowing us down? Six challenges to accelerating advances in health behavior change. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54, 948-959. PDF
Sheeran, P., Goldstein, A. O., Abraham, C., Eaker, K., Wright, C. E., Villegas, M. E., Jones, K., Avishai, A., Miles, E., Gates, K. M., & Noar, S. M. (2020). Reducing exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and indoor tanning: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 39(7), 600-616. PDF
Sheeran, P., Wright, C. E., Avishai, A., Villegas, M. E., Lindemans, J. W., Klein, W. M. P., Rothman, A. J., Miles, E., & Ntoumanis, N. (2020). Self-determination theory interventions for health behavior change: Meta-analysis and meta-analytic structural equation modeling of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(8), 726-737. PDF
2019
Avishai, A., Conner, M. T., & Sheeran, P. (2019). Setting realistic health goals: Antecedents and consequences. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53(12), 1020-1031. PDF
Halverson, T. F., Orleans-Pobee, M., Merritt, C., Sheeran, P., Fett, A. K., & Penn, D. L. (2019). Pathways to functional outcomes in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Meta-analysis of social cognitive and neurocognitive predictors. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 105, 212-219. PDF
Sheeran, P., Abraham, C., Jones, K., Villegas, M. E., Avishai, A., Symes, Y. R., Ellinger, H., Miles, E., Gates, K. M., Wright, C. E., Ribisl, K. M., & Mayer, D. K. (2019). Promoting physical activity among cancer survivors: Meta-analysis and Meta-CART analysis of randomized controlled trials. Health Psychology, 38(6), 467-482. PDF
Sheeran, P., & Conner, M. T. (2019). Degree of reasoned action predicts increased intentional control and reduced habitual control over health behaviors. Social Science & Medicine, 228, 68-74. PDF
Sheeran, P., Jones, K., Avishai, A., Symes, Y. R., Abraham, C., Miles, E., Wright, C. E., Mayer, D. K., & Ribisl, K. M. (2019). What works in smoking cessation interventions for cancer survivors? A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 38(10), 855-865. PDF
Wilding, S., Conner, M., Prestwich, A., Lawton, R., & Sheeran, P. (2019). Using the question-behavior effect to change multiple health behaviors: An exploratory randomized controlled trial. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 81, 53-60. (Special Issue: Health in Context.) PDF
2018
Avishai, A., Oldham, M., Kellett, S., & Sheeran, P. (2018). Sustaining attendance at a mental health service: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(12), 1056-1060. (Special Issue: Translating Basic Science into Clinical Practice.) PDF
Cameron, D. S., Bertenshaw, E. J., & Sheeran, P. (2018). Positive affect and physical activity: Testing effects on goal setting, activation, prioritization, and attainment. Psychology & Health, 33(2), 258-274. (Special Issue: Emotion, Health Decision-making, and Health Behavior.) PDF
Ferrer, R. A., Klein, W. M. P., Persoskie, A., Avishai-Yitshak, A., Jones, K., Villegas, M. E., & Sheeran, P. (2018). When does risk perception predict protection motivation for health threats? A person-by-situation analysis. PLoS ONE, 13(3): e0191994. PDF
Hall, M. G., Sheeran, P., Noar, S. M., Boynton, M. H., Ribisl, K. M., Parada, H., Johnson, T. O., & Brewer, N. T. (2018). Negative affect, message reactance, and perceived risk: How do pictorial cigarette pack warnings change quit intentions? Tobacco Control. 27 (e2), e136-e142.
Kwan, B. M., Bryan, A. D., & Sheeran, P. (2018). The dynamics of success and failure: How post-behavior evaluations relate to subsequent exercise intentions and behavior. Psychology & Health, 33(7), 888-905. PDF
Meernik, C., Ranney, L. M., Lazard, A. J., KyungSu, K., Queen, T. L., Avishai, A., Boynton, M. H., Sheeran, P., & Goldstein, A. O. (2018). The effect of cigarillo packaging elements on young adult perceptions of product flavor, taste, smell, and appeal. PLoS ONE, 13(4): e0196236. PDF
Norman, P. Cameron, D., Epton, T., Webb, T. L., Harris, P. R., Millings, A., & Sheeran P. (2018). A randomised controlled trial of a brief online intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in new university students: Combining self-affirmation, theory of planned behaviour messages, and implementation intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 23(1), 108-127. PDF
Osman, A., Kowitt, S. D., Sheeran, P., Jarman, K., Ranney, L. M., & Goldstein, A. O. (2018). Information to improve public perceptions of FDA’s tobacco regulatory role. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(4), 753. PDF
Reynolds, J. P., Webb, T. L., Benn, Y., Chang, & Sheeran, P. (2018). Feeling bad about progress does not lead people to want to change their health behaviour. Psychology & Health, 33(2), 275-291. (Special Issue: Emotion, Health Decision-making, and Health Behaviour.) PDF
Sheeran, P., & Webb, T. L. (2018). The road to hell: An overview of research on the intention-behavior gap. In G. Oettingen, A. T. Sevincer, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.) The psychology of thinking about the future (pp.473-496). New York, NY: Guilford.
Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2018). Self-regulation of affect-health behavior relations. In D. M. Williams, R. E. Rhodes, & M. T. Conner (Eds.). Affective determinants of health-related behavior (pp. 90-114). New York: Oxford University Press. PDF
Webb, T. L., Lindquist, K. A., Jones, K., Avishai, A., & Sheeran, P. (2018). Situation selection is a particularly effective emotion regulation strategy for people who need help regulating their emotions. Cognition & Emotion, 32(2), 231-248. PDF
2017
Conner, M., Sandberg, T., Nekitsing, C., Hutter, R., Wood, C., Jackson, C., Godin, G., & Sheeran, P. (2017). Varying cognitive targets and response rates to enhance the Question-Behaviour Effect: An 8-Arm randomized controlled trial on influenza vaccination uptake. Social Science & Medicine, 180, 135-142. PDF
Gollwitzer, P. M., Bieleke, M., & Sheeran, P. (2017). Enhancing consumer behavior with implementation intentions. In C. V. Jansson-Boyd & M. J. Zawisza (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Consumer Psychology (pp.370-389). London: Routledge. PDF
Hall, M. G., Sheeran, P., Noar, S. M., Ribisl, K. M., Boynton, M. H., & Brewer, N. T. (2017). A brief measure of reactance to health warnings. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 40: 520-529. PDF
Kowitt, S.D., Sheeran, P., Jarman, K., Ranney, L.M., Schmidt, A.M., Huang, L., Goldstein, A.O. (2017). Effects of framing proximal benefits of quitting and motivation to quit as a query on communications about tobacco constituents. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 19(10), 1178-1184. PDF
Kowitt, S. D., Sheeran, P., Jarman, K., Ranney, L. M., Schmidt, A. M., Noar, S. M., Huang, L., & Goldstein, A. O. (2017). Cigarette constituent health communications for smokers: Impact of chemical, imagery, and source. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntx226 PDF
Lowe, R. P., Norman, P., & Sheeran, P. (2017). Milieu matters: Evidence that ongoing lifestyle activities influence health behaviors. PLoS ONE, 12(6), e0179699. PDF
Marquardt, M. K., Oettingen, G., Gollwitzer, P. M., Sheeran, P., & Liepert, J. (2017). Mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) improves physical activity and weight loss among stroke survivors over one year. Rehabilitation Psychology, 62(4), 580-590. PDF
Martin, J., Sheeran, P., & Slade, P. (2017). “They’ve invited me into their world:” A focus group with clinicians delivering a behavior change intervention in a UK contraceptive service. Psycholology, Health & Medicine, 22(2), 250-254.
Mattavelli, S., Avishai-Yitshak, A., Perugini, M., Richetin, J., & Sheeran, P. (2017). How can implicit and explicit attitudes both be changed? Testing two interventions to promote consumption of green vegetables. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51(4), 511-518. PDF
Sheeran, P., & Conner, M. (2017). Translating intentions into health actions: The role of motivational coherence. Health Psychology, 36(11), 1065-1073. PDF
Sheeran, P., Klein, W. M. P., & Rothman, A. J. (2017). Health behavior change: Moving from observation to intervention. Annual Review of Psychology, 68, 573-600. PDF
Sheeran, P., Godin, G., Conner, M, & Germain, M. (2017). Paradoxical effects of experience: Past behavior both strengthens and weakens the intention-behavior relationship. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2(3), 309-318. (Special Issue: The Habit-Driven Consumer.) PDF
2016
Bartlett, K. Y., & Sheeran, P. (2016). Behavioral health. In H. L. Miller (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of theory in psychology (pp. 79-82). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Ferrer, R. A., Klein, W. M. P., Persoskie, A., Avishai-Yitshak, A., & Sheeran, P. (2016). The tripartite model of risk perception (TRIRISK): Evidence that perceived risk has deliberative, affective, and experiential components. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50(5), 653-663. PDF
Hagger, M. S., Luszczynska, A., de Wit, J., Benyamini, Y., Burkert, S., Chamberland, P.-E., Chater, A. M., Dombrowski, S., van Dongen, A., French, D. P., Gauchet, A., Hankonen, N., Karekla, M., Kinney, A. Y., Kwasnicka, D., Lo, S. H., López-Roíg, S., Meslot, C., Marques, M. M., Neter, E., M., Plass A., Potthoff, S., Rennie, L., Scholz, U., Stadler, G., Stolte, E., A., ten Hoor G., Verhoeven, A. A. C., Wagner, M., Oettingen, G., Sheeran, P. and Gollwitzer, P. M. (2016). Implementation intention and planning interventions in health psychology: Recommendations from the Synergy expert group for research and practice. Psychology & Health, 31(7), 814-839. PDF
Hague, B., Kellett, S., & Sheeran, P. (2016). Testing the generalizability of impulse control problems in compulsive buying. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 35(4), 269-287. PDF
Hall, M. G., Sheeran, P., Noar, S. M., Ribisl, K. M., Bach, L. E., & Brewer, N. T. (2016). Reactance to health warnings scale: Development and validation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50(5), 736-750. PDF
Hanson, K., Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., & Turpin, G. (2016). Attitudes and preferences towards self-help treatments for depression: Comparisons with psychotherapy and antidepressant medication. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 44(2), 129-139.
Harkin, B., Webb, T. L., Chang, B. P. I., Prestwich, A., Conner, M. T., Kellar, I., Benn, Y., & Sheeran, P. (2016). Does monitoring goal progress promote goal attainment? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 142(2), 198-229. PDF
Kypri, K., Wilson, A., Attia, J., Sheeran, P., Miller, P., & McCambridge, J. (2016). Social desirability bias in the reporting of alcohol consumption: A randomized trial. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77(3), 526-531. PDF
Miles, E., Sheeran, P., Baird, H. M., Macdonald, I., Webb, T. L., & Harris, P. R. (2016). Does self-control improve with practice? Evidence from a 6-week training program. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145(8), 1075-1091. PDF
Sheeran, P., & Bosch, J. A., (Eds.) (2016). Special Issue: Implicit Processes in Health Psychology. Health Psychology, 35(8), pp. 761-928. Link
Sheeran, P., Bosch, J. A., Crombez, G., Hall, P. A., Harris, J. L., Papies, E. K., & Wiers, R. W. (2016). Implicit processes in health psychology: Diversity and promise. Health Psychology, 35(8), 761-766. PDF
Sheeran, P., Maki, A., Montanaro, E., Avishai-Yitshak, A., Bryan, A., Klein, W. M. P., Miles, E., & Rothman, A. J. (2016). The impact of changing attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy on health-related intentions and behavior: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 35, 1178-1188. PDF
Sheeran, P., & Webb, T. L. (2016). The intention-behavior gap. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10(9), 503-518. PDF
Wilding, S., Conner, M., Sandberg, T., Prestwich, A., Lawton, R., Wood, C., Miles, E., Godin, G., & Sheeran, P. (2016). The question-behavior effect: A theoretical and methodological review and meta-analysis. European Review of Social Psychology, 27(1), 196-230. PDF
Wood, C., Conner, M. T., Miles, E., Sandberg, T., Taylor, N., Godin, G., & Sheeran, P. (2016). The impact of asking intention or self-prediction questions on subsequent behavior: A meta-analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 20(3), 245-268. PDF
2015
Abraham, C., & Sheeran, P. (2015). The health belief model. In M. Conner & P. Norman (Eds.), Predicting health behavior (3rd ed., pp. 30-69). New York: McGraw-Hill. PDF
Alleva, J. M., Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., Martijn, C., & Miles, E. (2015). A meta-analytic review of stand-alone interventions to improve body image. PLoS One, 10(9), E0139177. PDF
Cameron, D. S., Bertenshaw, E. J., & Sheeran, P. (2015). The impact of positive affect on health cognitions and behavior: A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Health Psychology Review, 9, 345-365. PDF
Cameron, D., Epton, T., Norman, P., Sheeran, P., Harris, P. R., Webb, T. L., Julious, S. A., Brennan, A., Thomas, C., Petroczi, A., Naughton, D., & Shah, I. (2015). A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni:LifeGuide): Results from a repeat randomised controlled trial. BMC Trials, 16: 555. PDF
Epton, T., Harris, P. R., Kane, R., van Koningsbruggen, G. M., & Sheeran, P. (2015). The impact of self-affirmation on health behavior change: A meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 34, 187-196. PDF
Hallam, G. P., Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., Miles, E., Wilkinson, A. D., Hunter, M. D., Barker, A. T., Woodruff, P. W. R., Totterdell, P., Lindquist, K. A., & Farrow, T. F. D. (2015). The neural correlates of emotion regulation by implementation intentions. PLoS One, 10(3). PDF
Koole, S. L., Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2015). Implicit emotion regulation: Feeling better without knowing why. Current Opinion in Psychology, 3, 6-10. PDF
Kypri, K., Wilson, A., Attia, J., Sheeran, P., & McCambridge, J. (2015). Effects of study design and allocation on self-reported alcohol consumption: Randomized trial. BMC Trials, 16, 127. PDF
Prestwich, A., Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2015). Implementation intentions. In M. Conner & P. Norman (Eds.), Predicting health behavior (3rd ed., pp. 321-357). New York: McGraw-Hill. PDF
Rothman, A. J., Gollwitzer, P. M., Grant, A., Neal, D., Sheeran, P., & Wood, W. (2015). Hale and hearty: How psychological science can create and maintain healthy habits. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(6), 701-705. PDF
2014
Bartlett, Y. K., Sheeran, P., & Hawley, M. S. (2014). Effective behaviour change techniques in smoking cessation interventions for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A meta-analysis. British Journal of Health Psychology, 19, 181-203. PDF
Epton, T., Norman, P., Dadzie, A-S., Harris, P. R., Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., Julious, S. A., Ciravegna, F., Brennan, A., Meier, P. A., Naughton, D., Petroczi, A., Kruger, J., & Shah, I. (2014). A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni): Results from a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 14, 563. PDF
Epton, T., Norman, P., Harris, P. R., Webb, T. L., Snowsill, F. A., & Sheeran, P. (2014). Development of theory-based health messages: Three-phase programme of formative resesarch. Health Promotion International. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dau005 PDF
Hallam. G. P., Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., Miles, E., Wilkinson, I. D., Hunter, M. D., Woodruff, P. W. R., Totterdell, P., & Farrow, T. F. D. (2014). The neural correlates of regulating another person’s emotions: An exploratory fMRI study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 376. PDF
Harris, P. R., Brearley, I., Sheeran, P., Barker, M., Klein, W. M. P., Creswell, J. D., Levine, J. M., & Bond, R. (2014). Combining self-affirmation with implementation intentions to promote fruit and vegetable consumption. Health Psychology, 33, 729-736. PDF
Godin, G., Germain, M. Conner, M., Delage, G., & Sheeran, P. (2014). Promoting the return of lapsed donors: A 7-arm randomized controlled trial of the question-behavior effect. Health Psychology, 33, 646-655. PDF
Lo, S. H., Good, A., Sheeran, P., Baio, G., Rainbow, S., Vart, G., von Wagner, C. & Wardle, J. (2014). Pre-formulated implementation intentions to promote colorectal cancer screening: A cluster-randomized trial. Health Psychology, 33, 998-1002. PDF
Sheeran, P., Harris, P., & Epton, T. (2014). Does heightening risk appraisals change people’s intentions and behavior? A meta-analytic review of the experimental evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 140(2), 511-543. PDF
Taylor, C., Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2014). “I deserve a treat!:” Justifications for indulgence undermine the translation of intentions into action. British Journal of Social Psychology, 53, 501-520. PDF
Webster, R., Thompson, A. R., Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2014). Self-help treatments and stepped care. In P. Emmelkamp & T. Ehring (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Anxiety Disorders (pp. 1242-1255). London: Wiley.
Wieber, F., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2014). Strategic regulation of mimicry effects by implementation intentions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 31-39. PDF
Wood, C., Conner, M., Sandberg, T., Godin, G, & Sheeran, P. (2014). Why does asking questions change health behaviours? The mediating role of attitude accessibility. Psychology and Health, 29, 390-404. PDF
2013
Conner, M., Godin, G., Sheeran, P., & Germain, M. (2013). Some feelings are more important: Cognitive attitudes, affective attitudes, anticipated affect, and blood donation. Health Psychology, 32, 264-272. PDF
Cooke, R., & Sheeran, P. (2013). Properties of behavioral intentions: Factor structure and consequences for behavior, information processing, and resistance to attack. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 749-760. PDF
Epton, T., Norman, P., Sheeran, P., Harris, P. R., Webb, T. L., Ciravegna, F., Brennan, A., Meier, P., Julious, S. A., Naughton, D., Petroczi, A., Dadzie, A-S., & Kruger, J. (2013). A theory-based online health behavior intervention for new university students: Study protocol. BMC Public Health, 13, 107. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-107. PDF
Godin, G., Amireault, S., Vézina-Im, L-A., Sheeran, P., Conner, M., Germain, M., & Delage, G. (2013). Implementation intention intervention among temporarily deferred novice blood donors. Transfusion, 53, 1653-1660. PDF
Martijn, C., Sheeran, P., Wesseldijk, L., Merrick, H., Webb, T. L., Roefs, A., & Jansen, A. (2013). Evaluative conditioning makes slim models less desirable as standards for comparison and increases body satisfaction. Health Psychology, 32, 433-438. PDF
Miles, E., Sheeran, P., & Webb, T. L. (2013). Meta-analytic estimates predict the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies in the ‘real world’: Reply to Augustine and Hemenover (2012). Psychological Bulletin, 139, 730-734. PDF
Niven, K., Totterdell, P., Miles, E., Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2013). Getting the same for less: Improving mood depletes glucose for people with poor (but not good) emotion control. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 133-140. PDF
Rivis, A., & Sheeran, P. (2013). Automatic risk behavior: Direct effects of drinker stereotypes on drinking behavior. Health Psychology, 32, 571-580. PDF
Sheeran, P., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Bargh, J. A. (2013). Nonconscious processes and health. Health Psychology, 32, 460-473. PDF
Sheeran, P., Harris, P., Vaughan, J., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2013). Gone exercising: Mental contrasting promotes physical activity among overweight, middle-aged, low-SES fishermen. Health Psychology, 32, 802-809. PDF
2012
de Bruin, M., Sheeran, P., Hiemstra, A., Kok, G., Hospers, H. J., Prins, J. M., & van Breukelen, G. J. P. (2012). Self-regulatory processes mediate the intention-behavior relation for adherence and exercise behaviors. Health Psychology, 31, 695-703. PDF
Jones, G., Hawkins, K., Mullin, R., Nepusz, T., Naughton, D. P., Sheeran, P., Petroczi, A. (2012). Understanding how adherence goals promote adherence behaviours: A repeated measures observational study with HIV seropositive patients. BMC Public Health, 12, 587. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-587. PDF
Oldham, M., Kellett, S., Miles, E., & Sheeran, P. (2012). Interventions to increase attendance for psychotherapy: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, 928-939. PDF
Webb, T. L. Schweiger Gallo, I., Miles, E., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2012). Effective control of affect: An action control perspective on emotion regulation. European Review of Social Psychology, 23, 143-186. PDF
Webb, T. L., Miles, E., & Sheeran, P. (2012). Dealing with feeling: A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of strategies derived from the process model of emotion regulation. Psychological Bulletin, 138, 775-808. PDF
Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., & Pepper, J. (2012). Gaining control over responses to implicit attitude tests: Implementation intentions engender fast responses on attitude-incongruent trials. British Journal of Social Psychology, 51, 13-32. PDF
Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., Totterdell, P., Miles, E., Mansell, W., Baker, S. (2012). Using implementation intentions to overcome the effect of mood on risky behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 51, 330-345. PDF
Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Trötschel, R. (2012). Strategic control over the unhelpful effects of primed social categories and goals. Zeitschrift für Psychologie , 220, 187-193. PDF
2011
Varley, R., Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2011). Making self-help more helpful: A randomized controlled trial of the impact of augmenting self-help materials with implementation intentions in promoting the effective self-management of anxiety symptoms. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79, 123-128. PDF
Kypri, K., McCambridge, K., Wilson, A., Attia, J., Sheeran, P., Bowe, S., & Vater, T. (2011). Effects of study design and allocation on participant behaviour – ESDA: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Trials, 12, 42. PDF
Martin, J., Sheeran, P., Slade, P., Wright, A., & Dibble, T. (2011). Durable effects of implementation intentions: Reduced rates of confirmed pregnancy at two years. Health Psychology, 30, 368-373. PDF
Conner, M., Godin, G., Norman, P., & Sheeran, P. (2011). Using the question-behavior effect to promote disease prevention behaviors: Two randomized controlled trials. Health Psychology, 30, 300-309. PDF
Martin, J., Slade, P., Sheeran, P., Wright, A., & Dibble, T. (2011). If-then planning in one-to-one behaviour change counseling is effective in promoting contraceptive adherence in teenagers. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 37, 85-88. PDF
Abraham, C., Sheeran, P., & Henderson, M. (2011). Extending social cognition models of health behaviour. Health Education Research, 26, 624-637. PDF
Rivis, A., Sheeran, P., & Armitage, C. J. (2011). Intention versus identification as determinants of adolescents’ health behaviours: Evidence and correlates. Psychology and Health, 26, 1128-1142. PDF
Gollwitzer, P. M., Sheeran, P., Trötschel, R., & Webb, T. L. (2011). Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior. Psychological Science, 22, 901-907. PDF
2010
Palayiwa, A., Sheeran, P., & Thompson, A. (2010). “Words will never hurt me!”: Implementation intentions regulate attention to stigmatizing comments about appearance. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29, 575-598. PDF
Godin, G., Sheeran, P., Conner, M., Bélanger-Gravel, A., Gallani, M. C. B., & Nolin, B. (2010). Social structure, social cognition and physical activity: A test of four models. British Journal of Health Psychology, 15, 79-95.
Trafimow, D., Clayton, K. D., Sheeran, P., Darwish, A-F. E., & Brown, J. (2010). How do people form behavioral intentions when others have the power to determine social consequences? Journal of General Psychology, 137, 287-309.
Rise, J., Sheeran, P., & Moan, S. (2010). The role of self-identity in the theory of planned behavior: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 1085-1105. PDF
Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2010). A viable, integrative framework for contemporary research in health psychology: Commentary on Hall and Fong’s Temporal Self-regulation Theory. Health Psychology Review, 4, 79-82.
Webb, T. L., Onanaiye, M., Sheeran, P., Reidy, J., & Lavda, S. (2010). Using implementation intentions to modify the effects of social anxiety on attention and responses to evaluative situations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 612-627. PDF
Rivis, A., Sheeran, P., & Armitage, C. J. (2010). Explaining adolescents’ cigarette smoking: A comparison of four modes of action control and test of the role of self-regulatory mode. Psychology and Health, 25, 893-909. PDF
Johnson, B. T., Redding, C. A., DiClemente, R. J., Dodge, B. M., Mustanski, B. S., Sheeran, P., Warren, M. R., Zimmerman, R. S., Fisher, W. A., Conner, M. T., Carey, M. P., Fisher, J. D., Stall, R. D., & Fishbein, M. (2010). A Network-Individual-Resource model for HIV prevention. AIDS & Behavior, 14, S204-221. PDF
Godin, G., Sheeran, P., Conner, M., Delage, G., Germain, M., Bélanger-Gravel, A., & Naccache, H. (2010). Which survey questions change behavior? Randomized controlled trial of mere measurement interventions. Health Psychology, 29, 636-644. PDF
2009
Gollwitzer, P. M., Sheeran, P., Michalski, V., & Seifert, A. E. (2009). When intentions go public: Does social reality widen the intention-behavior gap? Psychological Science, 20, 612-618. PDF
Rothman, A. J., Sheeran, P., & Wood, W. (2009). Reflective and automatic processes in the initation and maintenance of dietary change. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 38 (Suppl. 1), S4-S17. PDF
Brown, I., Sheeran, P., & Reuber, M. (2009). Enhancing antiepileptic drug adherence: A randomized controlled trial. Epilepsy and Behavior, 16, 634-639. PDF
Webb, T. L., Sheeran, P. & Luszczynska, A. (2009). Planning to break unwanted habits: Habit strength moderates implementation intention effects on behavior change. British Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 507-523. PDF
Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2009). Self-regulation of consumer decision making and behavior: The role of implementation intentions. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 19, 593-607. PDF
Rivis, A., Sheeran, P., & Armitate, C. J. (2009). Expanding the affective and normative components of the theory of planned behavior: A meta-analysis of anticipated affect and moral norms. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 2985-3019. PDF
De Vet, E., Oenema, A., Sheeran, P., & Brug, J. (2009). Should implementation intentions interventions be implemented in obesity prevention? The impact of if-then plans on daily physical activity in Dutch adults. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6, 11. PDF
Martin, J., Sheeran, P., Slade, P., Wright, A., & Dibble, T. (2009). Implementation intention formation reduces consultations for emergency contraception and pregnancy testing among teenage women. Health Psychology, 28, 762-769. PDF
2008
Achtziger, A., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2008). Implementation intentions and shielding goal striving from unwanted thoughts and feelings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 381-393. PDF
Godin, G., Sheeran, P., Conner, M., & Germain, M. (2008). Asking questions changes behavior: Mere measurement effects on frequency of blood donation. Health Psychology, 27, 179-184. PDF
Martijn, C., Alberts, H., Sheeran, P., Peters, G. J. Y., Mikolajczak, Y., & de Vries, N. K. (2008). Blocked goals, persistent action: Implementation intentions promote tenacious goal striving. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1137-1143. PDF
Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2008). Mechanisms of implementation intention effects: The role of intention, self-efficacy, and accessibility of plan components. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 373-395. PDF
2007
Fife-Schaw, C., Sheeran, P., & Norman, P. (2007). Simulating behaviour change interventions based on the theory of planned behaviour: Impacts on intentions and behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 46, 43-68. PDF
Michie, S., Rothman, A., & Sheeran, P. (2007). Advancing the science of behaviour change. Psychology and Health, 22, 249-253. PDF
Langdridge, D., Sheeran, P., & Connolly, K. J. (2007). Analyzing additional variables in the theory of reasoned action. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 1884-1913. PDF
Maio, G. R., Verplanken, B., Manstead, A. S. R., Stroebe, W., Abraham, S. C., Sheeran, P., & Conner, M. (2007). Social psychological factors in lifestyle change and their relevance to policy. Social Issues and Policy Review, 1, 99-137. PDF
Godin, G., Conner, M., Sheeran, P., & Germain, M. (2007). Determinants of repeated blood donation among new and experienced blood donors. Transfusion, 47, 1607-1615. PDF
Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2007). How do implementation intentions promote goal attainment? A test of component processes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 295-268. PDF
Ferguson, E., Frances, C. R., Abraham, C., Ditto, B., & Sheeran, P. (2007). Improving blood donor recruitment and retention: Integrating theoretical advances from the social and behavioral science agendas. Transfusion, 47, 1999-2010. PDF
Sheeran, P., Aubrey, R., & Kellett, S. (2007). Increasing attendance for psychotherapy: Implementation intentions and the self-regulation of attendance-related negative affect. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 853-863. PDF
2006
Rickett, B., Orbell, S., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Social cognitive determinants of hoist usage among health care workers. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 11, 182-196. PDF
Rivis, A., Sheeran, P., & Armitage, C. J. (2006). Augmenting the theory of planned behaviour with the prototype/willingness model: Predictive validity of actor versus abstainer prototypes for young people’s health-protective and health-risk intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 483-500. PDF
Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69-119. PDF
Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Does changing behavioural intentions engender behavior change? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 249-268. PDF
2005
Sheeran, P., Webb, T. L., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2005). The interplay between goal intentions and implementation intentions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 87-98. PDF
Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2005). Integrating goal theories to understand the achievement of personal goals. European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 69-96. PDF
Langdridge, D., Sheeran, P. & Connolly, K. J. (2005). Understanding the reasons for parenthood. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 23, 121-133.
Sheeran, P., Aarts, H., Custers, R., Rivis, A., Webb, T. L. & Cooke, R. (2005). The goal-dependent automaticity of drinking habits. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 47-63. PDF
Godin, G., Sheeran, P., Conner, M., Germain, M., Blondeau, D., Gagné, C., Beaulieu, D., & Naccaache, H. (2005). Factors explaining the intention to give blood among the general population. Vox Sanguinis, 89, 140-149. PDF
Godin, G., Conner, M., & Sheeran, P. (2005). Bridging the intention-behaviour ‘gap’: The role of moral norm. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 497-512. PDF
2004
Abraham, C., & Sheeran, P. (2004) Deciding to exercise: The role of anticipated regret. British Journal Health Psychology, 9, 269-278. PDF
Armitage, C. J., Sheeran, P., Conner, M., & Arden, M. A. (2004). Stages of change or changes of stage? Predicting transitions in transtheoretical model stages in relation to food choice. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 491-499.
Abraham, C., & Sheeran, P. (2004) Implications of goal theories for the theories of reasoned action and planned behaviour. Current Psychology, 22, 218-233. PDF
Rivis, A. J., & Sheeran, P. (2004). Descriptive norms as an additional predictor in the theory of planned behaviour: A meta-analysis. Current Psychology, 22, 264-280. PDF
Cooke, R., & Sheeran, P. (2004). Temporal stability and accessibility as moderators of relationships in the theory of planned behaviour. Irish Journal of Psychology, 25, 44-64.
Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2004). Identifying good opportunities to act: Implementation intentions and cue discrimination. European Journal of Social Psychology, 34, 407-419. PDF
Cooke, R., & Sheeran, P. (2004). Moderation of cognition-intention and cognition-behaviour relations: A meta-analysis of properties of variables from the theory of planned behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 159-186. PDF
Trafimow, D., Sheeran, P., Lombardo, B., Finlay, K. A., Brown, J., & Armitage, C. J. (2004). Affective and cognitive control of persons and behaviors. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 207-224. PDF
Godin, G., Gagné, C., & Sheeran, P. (2004). Does perceived behavioural control mediate the relationship between power beliefs and intention? British Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 557-568. PDF
2003
Sheeran, P., & Abraham, C. (2003) Mediator of moderators: Temporal stability of intention and the intention-behavior relationship. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 205-215. PDF
Sheeran, P., & Silverman, M. (2003) Evaluation of three interventions to promote workplace health and safety: Evidence for the utility of implementation intentions. Social Science and Medicine, 56, 2153-2163. PDF
Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2003) Can implementation intentions help to overcome ego-depletion? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 279-286. PDF
Norman, P., Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (2003) Does state versus action orientation moderate intention-behaviour relations? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 536-553. PDF
Rivis, A. J., & Sheeran, P. (2003) Social influences and the theory of planned behaviour: Evidence for a direct relationship between prototypes and young people’s exercise behaviour. Psychology and Health, 18, 567-584. PDF
Sheeran, P. Trafimow, D., & Armitage, C. J. (2003) Predicting behaviour from perceived behavioural control: Tests of the accuracy assumption of the theory of planned behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 393-410. PDF
Abraham, C., & Sheeran, P. (2003) Acting on intentions: The role of anticipated regret. British Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 495-511. PDF
2002
Sheeran, P., Trafimow, D., Finlay, K. A., & Norman, P. (2002) Evidence that the type of person affects the strength of the perceived behavioural control-intention relationship. British Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 253-270. PDF
Trafimow, D., Sheeran, P., Conner, M., & Finlay, K. A. (2002) Evidence that perceived behavioral control is a multidimensional construct: Perceived control and perceived difficulty. British Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 101-122. PDF
Milne, S., Orbell, S., & Sheeran, P. (2002) Combining motivational and volitional interventions to promote exercise participation: Protection motivation theory and implementation intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 163-184. PDF
Trafimow, D., Brown, J., Grace, K., Thompson, L., & Sheeran, P. (2002) The relative influence of attitudes and subjective norms from childhood to adolescence: Between-participant and within-participant analyses. American Journal of Psychology, 115, 395-414.
Sheeran, P. (2002). Intention-behaviour relations: A conceptual and empirical review. European Review of Social Psychology, 12, 1-36. PDF
2001
Sheeran, P., Conner, M., & Norman, P. (2001). Can the theory of planned behavior explain patterns of health behavior change? Health Psychology, 20, 12-19. PDF
Street, H., Orbell, S., & Sheeran, P. (2001) Exploring the relationship between different psychosocial determinants of depression: A multidimensional scaling analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 64, 53-67. PDF
2000
Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (2000). Using implementation intentions to increase attendance for cervical cancer screening. Health Psychology, 18, 283-289. PDF
Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (2000). Self-schemas and the theory of planned behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 533-550. PDF
Milne, S., Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (2000). Prediction and intervention in health-related behaviour: A meta-analytic review of protection motivation theory. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 106-143. PDF
Orbell, S., & Sheeran, P. (2000). Motivational and volitional processes in action initiation: A field study of the role of implementation intentions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 780-797. PDF
Langdridge, D., Connolly, K. J., & Sheeran, P. (2000). A network analytic study of reasons for wanting a child. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 18, 321-338.
Conner, M., Sheeran, P., Norman, P., & Armitage, C. J. (2000). Temporal stability as a moderator of relationships in the theory of planned behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 469-493. PDF
1999
Sheeran, P., Abraham, C. & Orbell, S. (1999). Psychosocial correlates of heterosexual condom use: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 90-132. PDF
Sheeran, P., Norman, P., & Orbell, S. (1999). Evidence that intentions based on attitudes better predict behaviour than intentions based on subjective norms. European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 403-406. PDF
Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (1999). Implementation intentions and repeated behaviours: Augmenting the predictive validity of the theory of planned behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 349-369. PDF
Sheeran, P., Orbell, S., & Trafimow, D. (1999). Does the temporal stability of behavioral intentions moderate intention-behavior and past behavior-future behavior relations? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 721-730.
Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (1999). Augmenting the theory of planned behavior: Roles for anticipated regret and descriptive norms. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 2107-2142. PDF
Sheeran, P., & Taylor, S. (1999). Predicting intentions to use condoms: A meta-analysis and comparison of the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 1624-1675.
Street, H., Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (1999). The aetiology of depression: An integration of 27 theories. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 6, 175-193.
Brumfitt, S., & Sheeran, P. (1999). Development and validation of the visual analogue self-esteem scale (VASES). British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 387-400. PDF
1998
Abraham, C., Sheeran, P., Norman, P., Conner, M., Otten, W., & de Vries, N. (1999). When good intentions are not enough: Modelling post-intention cognitive correlates of condom use. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 2591-2612.
Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (1998). Do intentions predict condom use? A meta-analysis and examination of six moderator variables. British Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 231-250. PDF
Orbell, S., & Sheeran, P. (1998). “Inclined abstainers”: A problem for predicting health-related behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 151-165. PDF
Trafimow, D., & Sheeran, P. (1998). Some tests of the distinction between cognitive and affective beliefs. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 34, 378-397.
Abraham, C., Sheeran, P., & Wight, D. (1998). Designing research-based materials to promote safer sex among young people. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 3, 127-131.
Abraham, C., Sheeran, P., & Johnson, M. (1998). From health beliefs to self-regulation: Theoretical advances in the psychology of action control. Psychology and Health, 13, 569-592.
Abraham, C., Sheeran, P., & Orbell, S. (1998). Can social cognition models contribute to the effectiveness of HIV-preventive behavioural interventions? A brief review of the literature and a reply to Joffe (1996, 1997). and Fife-Schaw (1997). British Journal of Medical Psychology, 71, 297-310.
Flowers, P., Smith, J. A., Sheeran, P., & Beail, N. (1998). “Coming out” and sexual debut: Understanding the social context of HIV risk-related behaviour. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 8, 409-421.
Orbell, S., & Sheeran, P. (1998). Regulation of behaviour in pursuit of health goals: Commentary. Psychology and Health, 13, 753-758.
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