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dc.contributor.authorMullan, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorTodd, Jemma
dc.contributor.authorChatzisarantis, Nikos LD
dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin S
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-28T05:12:49Z
dc.date.available2018-06-28T05:12:49Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0005-0067
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ap.12046
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/171897
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this article is to explore the importance of laboratory-based experimental research within health psychology in Australia in bridging the gap between correlational research and large-scale population interventions. While correlational research is useful in the early stages of investigation design, it does not necessarily provide clear information on the causal mechanisms of behaviour change. On the other hand, conducting population interventions with insufficient experimental and pilot testing can lead to ineffective interventions or a lack of understanding of why the intervention was effective. We argue that a systematic multi-method approach that incorporates laboratory-based experimental methods can lead to more effective and resource-efficient interventions through the identification of key behaviour change mechanisms and causal relationships. A systematic multi-method approach also has the advantage of overcoming the limitations of single-method approaches within applied fields of research. We discuss recent experimental work conducted in Australia to illustrate the virtues of experimental research.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom101
dc.relation.ispartofpageto109
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Psychologist
dc.relation.ispartofvolume49
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleExperimental methods in health psychology in Australia: Implications for applied research
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyright© 2014 The Australian Psychological Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Experimental methods in health psychology in Australia: Implications for applied research, Australian Psychologist, Vol 49(2) pp. 101-109, 2014, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/ap.12046. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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