About me
My research interests include the following topics:
- Motivational interaction: Changing motivational behaviours of professionals
- Behaviour change science
- Agentic change processes: Self-enactable behaviour change techniques
- Intervention development & fidelity
- Innovative intervention process evaluation methodologies
- Behavioural public policy
- Emerging connections between complexity science and behaviour change science
Funding
Selected publications
Hankonen, N. (2021) Participants’ enactment of behavior change techniques: A call for increased focus on what people do to manage their motivation and behaviour. Health Psychology Review 15 (2), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1814836
Martela, F., Hankonen, N., Vansteenkiste, M. & Ryan, R. (2021) Fostering Voluntary Compliance for Effective Emergency Response and Sustainable Crisis Management: Principles for Motivating Communication of Behavioural Restrictions and Guidelines Based on Self-Determination Theory. European Review of Social Psychology 32 (2), 305-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2020.1857082
Hagger, M., Cameron, L., Hankonen, N., Hamilton, K., & Lintunen, T. (Eds.) (2020). The Handbook of Behaviour Change. Cambridge University Press.
Renko, E., Knittle, K. P., Palsola, M., Lintunen, T., & Hankonen, N. (2020) Acceptability, reach and implementation of a training intervention to enhance teachers' skills in physical activity promotion. BMC Public Health, 20, 1568. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09653-x
Palsola, M., Kostamo, K., Renko, E., Lorencatto, F., Hankonen, N. (2020). Thematic analysis of acceptability and fidelity of engagement for behaviour change interventions: The Let’s Move It intervention interview study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 25, 772–789. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/34ges
Knittle, K., Heino, M. T. J., Marques, M., Stenius, M., Beattie, M., Ehbrecht, F., Hagger, M. S., Hankonen, N. (2020) The compendium of self-enactable techniques to change and self-manage motivation and behaviour (v1. 0). Nature Human Behaviour. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0798-9
Kostamo, K., Jallinoja, P., Vesala, K, Araujo-Soares, V Sniehotta, F., Hankonen, N. (2019) Using the critical incident technique for qualitative process evaluation of interventions: The example of the "Let's Move It" trial. Social Science & Medicine 232, 389-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.014
Seppälä, T., Hankonen, N., Korkiakangas, E., & Ruusuvuori, J. (2017). National policies for the promotion of physical activity and healthy nutrition in the workplace context: a Behaviour Change Wheel guided content analysis of policy papers in Finland. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 87. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4574-3
Stenius, M., Hankonen, N., Haukkala, A., & Ravaja, N. (2016). Why share expertise? A closer look at the quality of motivation to share or withhold knowledge. Journal of Knowledge Management, 20(2), 181-198.
Hankonen, N., Sutton, S., Prevost, A. T., Simmons, R. K., Griffin, S. J., Kinmonth, A. L., & Hardeman, W. (2015). Which behavior change techniques are associated with changes in physical activity, diet and body mass index in people with recently diagnosed diabetes? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49(1), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9624-9
Hankonen, N., Absetz, P., Kinnunen, M., Haukkala, A. & Jallinoja, P. (2013). Toward identifying a broader range of social cognitive determinants of dietary intentions and behaviour. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 5(1), 118-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-0854.2012.01081.x
Latest publications
A Web-Based Physical Activity Promotion Intervention for Inactive Parent-Child Dyads: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Phipps, D., Green, W. T., Aho, R., Kettunen, E., Biddle, S., Hamilton, K., Laukkanen, A., Aunola, K., Chan, D. K., Hankonen, N., Hassandra, M., Kärkkäinen, T., Kykyri, V. L., Polet, J., Rhodes, R., Ruiz, M. C., Sääkslahti, A., Schneider, J., Toivonen, H. M. & Lintunen, T. & 2 others, , 2024, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 13, 1, e55960.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Design of biodegradable cellulose filtration material with high efficiency and breathability
Ketoja, J. A., Saurio, K., Rautkoski, H., Kenttä, E., Tanaka, A., Koponen, A. I., Virkajärvi, J., Heinonen, K., Kostamo, K., Järvenpää, A., Hyry, N., Heikkilä, P., Hankonen, N. & Harlin, A., 15 Jul 2024, In: Carbohydrate Polymers. 336, 122133.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
From a false sense of safety to resilience under uncertainty
Heino, M. T. J., Proverbio, D., Saurio, K., Siegenfeld, A. & Hankonen, N., 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 1346542.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
How do behavioral public policy experts see the role of complex systems perspectives? An expert interview study
Puukko, S., Heino, M. T. J., Kostamo, K., Saurio, K., Sniehotta, F. F. & Hankonen, N., 2024, In: Translational Behavioral Medicine. 14, 7, p. 417-425 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
How does a school-based intervention impact students’ social cognitions on reducing sedentary behavior over 14 months?
Aulbach, M. B., Puukko, S., Palsola, M., Haukkala, A., Sund, R., Vasankari, T. & Hankonen, N., 2024, In: Psychology, Health and Medicine. 29, 7, p. 1235-1249Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
A dual process model to predict adolescents' screen time and physical activity
Aulbach, M. B., Konttinen, H., Gardner, B., Kujala, E., Araujo-Soares, V., Sniehotta, F. F., Lintunen, T., Haukkala, A. & Hankonen, N., 2023, In: PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH. 38, 7, p. 827-846Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Basic psychological needs, quality of motivation, and protective behavior intentions: a nationally representative survey study
Pietilä, M., Saurio, K., Martela, F., Silfver, M. & Hankonen, N., 2023, In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 11, 1, 2257295.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Developing and using ontologies in behavioural science: addressing issues raised
Michie, S., Hastings, J., Johnston, M., Hankonen, N., Wright, A. J. & West, R., 2023, In: Wellcome Open Research. 7, 222.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research
Gardner, B., Arden, M. A., Brown, D., Eves, F. F., Green, J., Hamilton, K., Hankonen, N., Inauen, J., Keller, J., Kwasnicka, D., Labudek, S., Marien, H., Masaryk, R., McCleary, N., Mullan, B. A., Neter, E., Orbell, S., Potthoff, S. & Lally, P., 2023, In: PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH. 38, 4, p. 518-540Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Itsemääräämisteoria ymmärrettäväksi: pääteesit, suomennokset ja väärinkäsitysten oikaisua
Määttä, S., Palmu, I., Hankonen, N., Huhtiniemi, M., Lehtivuori, A., Martela, F., Polet, J., Sjöblom, K., Stenius, M. & Vasalampi, K., 2023, In: Psykologia. 58, 4-6, p. 305-323Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review