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• Re: "clusters of sub-actions"

  2013-09-30 18:04:29 UTC

  Many thanks John! This will help a great deal with my participant interviews. Jim
  
  James Cahill
  Graduate Student and State Lands Manager
  University of Washington (student), State of Washington (land manager)
  United States
  

• Re: "clusters of sub-actions"

  2013-09-30 15:08:28 UTC

  Thanks John! Yes, that is what I am trying to find out - this is great! I am also trying to determine the order or sequence (critical path if you will) of set of sub-actions. Have you any advice on techniques to apply that have been developed, or is it simply a matter of asking people to recall the priority order to what I would describe as a controlling factor where unless the person is successful in attempting the sub-action, their attempt at performing the desired end-state behavior will not materialize?
  
  Jim
  
  James Cahill
  Graduate Student and State Lands Manager
  University of Washington (student), State of Washington (land manager)
  United States
  

• Re: "clusters of sub-actions"

  2013-09-29 20:26:24 UTC

  Very helpful! Thanks to both Doug and John for the feedback. I'm looking into the sub-actions that volunteers may take as part of the planning process they go through leading up to their performing the desired end-state behavior (in this case volunteering to help maintain public outdoor recreation trails)to see if there are any intervention opportunities that might support their attempts to perform the behavior.
  
  James Cahill
  Graduate Student and State Lands Manager
  University of Washington (student), State of Washington (land manager)
  United States
  

• "clusters of sub-actions"

  2013-09-28 14:56:09 UTC

  Hello:
  
  In Doug's third edition of Foster Sustainable Behavior, there is a note that "sustainable behaviors are actually comprised of clusters of sub-actions that make up the sustainable behavior", with the example of composting given where there may be 2-3 clusters of actions leading up the the desired end-state behavior of . . . With regard to the concept of sub-actions, is this the academic term typically used (for example, is it in reference to behavioral sequences or behavior chains) and can someone direct me to any journal articles that speak to this behavioral aspect from an academic perspective, how researchers have investigated and analyzed it, and if possible some practical examples or programs using this approach?
  
  Thanks for any help folks can offer on this! Jim
  
  James Cahill
  Graduate Student and State Lands Manager
  University of Washington (student), State of Washington (land manager)
  United States

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