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Relocate if you want to bring about changes in yourself

Want changes in your day to day habits but couldn’t get yourself to do so? Well, there may be a new way that you can try. A latest study has found that relocating to a

India TV Lifestyle Desk India TV Lifestyle Desk New Delhi Published on: January 15, 2017 15:59 IST
Relocate if you want to bring about changes in yourself
Relocate if you want to bring about changes in yourself

Want changes in your day to day habits but couldn’t get yourself to do so? Well, there may be a new way that you can try. A latest study has found that relocating to a new place helps to overcome the things one wants to change in himself/herself.

The study showed that the time for successful habit change is not based on the calendar, but on big changes in our everyday lives like moving to a new home.

"Changing your habits is very difficult, including finding the right moment to make a change," said Bas Verplanken, Professor at the University of Bath in Britain.

New Year may be a nice moment to mark the start of a new phase, but "the change in behaviour is embedded in other changes," Verplanken explains.

"In the case of moving to a new home for instance, people may need to find new solutions for how to do things in the new house, where and how to shop, commute, and so on. All of these aspects are absent when talking about New Year resolutions," Verplanken added.

For the study, the researchers studied the behaviours of over 800 people, half of whom had recently moved and the rest who had been at the same home for several years.

The participants responded to questions on 25 environment related behaviours including water and energy use, commuting choices, and waste (food waste, recycling).

The result showed that people who recently relocated reported more change eight weeks later on a composite of twenty-five environment-relevant behaviours compared to participants who had not recently relocated.

These results were consistent in spite of the strength of previous habits and views, and are consistent with research from others.

The study was presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention in the US.


 

(With IANS inputs)

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