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Overview

Gert-Jan de Bruijn is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Health Professions, and Psychology, with notable contributions to subfields such as General Health Professions, Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main research topics covered by de Bruijn include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Physical Activity and Health, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Misinformation and Its Impacts, and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility.

Frequent publication venues for their work include the Journal of Medical Internet Research, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Nutrition Journal, JMIR Formative Research, and BMC Medicine.

The following are recent papers authored or co-authored by de Bruijn, including publication year and venues:

  • Barriers and facilitators influencing medication-related CDSS acceptance according to clinicians: A systematic review (2021, International Journal of Medical Informatics)
  • Effectiveness and acceptability of conversational agents for sexual health promotion: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022, Sexual Health)
  • Reducing cardiometabolic risk in adults with a low socioeconomic position: protocol of the Supreme Nudge parallel cluster-randomised controlled supermarket trial (2020, Nutrition Journal)
  • The Empowering Role of Web-Based Help Seeking on Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2022, Journal of Medical Internet Research)
  • Buffering against exposure to mental health misinformation in online communities on Facebook: the interplay of depression literacy and expert moderation (2023, BMC Public Health)

De Bruijn collaborates frequently with several co-authors who appear multiple times alongside them in publications. These include Michel Klein, Anne L. Vos, Catherine Bolman, Josine M. Stuber, and Jeroen Lakerveld.

Best Publications

  • Towards parsimony in habit measurement: Testing the convergent and predictive validity of an automaticity subscale of the Self-Report Habit Index

    Benjamin Gardner;Charles Abraham;Phillippa Lally;Gert Jan de Bruijn

  • How big is the physical activity intention–behaviour gap? A meta-analysis using the action control framework

    Ryan E. Rhodes;Gert-Jan de Bruijn

  • Environmental influences on energy balance-related behaviors: A dual-process view.

    Stef P J Kremers;Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Tommy L S Visscher;Willem van Mechelen

  • A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Applications of the Self-Report Habit Index to Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviours

    Benjamin Gardner;Gert Jan De Bruijn;Phillippa Lally

  • Environmental determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among adults: a systematic review.

    Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis;Katrina M. Giskes;Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Wanda Wendel-Vos

  • The importance of habits in eating behaviour. An overview and recommendations for future research

    Jonathan van’t Riet;Siet J. Sijtsema;Hans Dagevos;Gert-Jan De Bruijn

  • Adult active transportation: adding habit strength to the theory of planned behavior.

    Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Stef P. J. Kremers;Anneliese Singh;Bas van den Putte

  • Understanding college students’ fruit consumption. Integrating habit strength in the theory of planned behaviour

    Gert-Jan de Bruijn

  • Does habit strength moderate the intention–behaviour relationship in the Theory of Planned Behaviour? The case of fruit consumption

    Gert-Jan De Bruijn;Stef P. J. Kremers;EmEly De Vet;Jascha De Nooijer

  • Interpersonal Communication as an Indirect Pathway for the Effect of Antismoking Media Content on Smoking Cessation

    Bas Van Den Putte;Marco Yzer;Brian G. Southwell;Gert Jan De Bruijn

  • Determinants of adolescent bicycle use for transportation and snacking behavior

    Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Stef P J Kremers;Herman Schaalma;Willem van Mechelen

  • What predicts intention-behavior discordance? A review of the action control framework.

    Ryan E. Rhodes;Gert-Jan de Bruijn

  • Habit in the Physical Activity Domain: Integration With Intention Temporal Stability and Action Control

    Ryan E. Rhodes;Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Deborah H. Matheson

  • Habit, identity, and repetitive action: A prospective study of binge-drinking in UK students

    Benjamin Gardner;Gert Jan De Bruijn;Phillippa Lally

  • Associations of social-environmental and individual-level factors with adolescent soft drink consumption: Results from the SMILE study

    Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Stef P. J. Kremers;Hein de Vries;Willem van Mechelen

  • The effects of smoking self-identity and quitting self-identity on attempts to quit smoking.

    Bas van den Putte;Marco Yzer;Marc C. Willemsen;Gert Jan de Bruijn

  • Clustering of energy balance-related behaviours and their intrapersonal determinants

    Stef P. J. Kremers;Gert-Jan De Bruijn;Herman Schaalma;Johannes Brug

  • Saturated fat consumption and the Theory of Planned Behaviour: exploring additive and interactive effects of habit strength.

    Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Willemieke Kroeze;Anke Oenema;Johannes Brug;Johannes Brug

  • Barriers and facilitators influencing medication-related CDSS acceptance according to clinicians: A systematic review.

    Leonie Westerbeek;Kimberley J. Ploegmakers;Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Annemiek J. Linn

  • Modeling individual and physical environmental factors with adolescent physical activity

    Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Stef P.J. Kremers;Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders;Hein de Vries

  • Active commuting and habit strength: an interactive and discriminant analyses approach

    Gert Jan De Bruijn;Benjamin Gardner

  • Is personality related to fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity in adolescents

    Gert-Jan de Bruijn;Stef P. J. Kremers;Willem van Mechelen;Johannes Brug

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryan E. Rhodes
Ryan E. Rhodes University of Victoria
Benjamin Gardner
Benjamin Gardner University of Surrey
Mark Conner
Mark Conner University of Leeds
Mark R. Beauchamp
Mark R. Beauchamp University of British Columbia
Hein de Vries
Hein de Vries Maastricht University
Charles Abraham
Charles Abraham University of Exeter
Gregory D. Zimet
Gregory D. Zimet Indiana University
Yvonne T. van der Schouw
Yvonne T. van der Schouw Utrecht University
Falko F. Sniehotta
Falko F. Sniehotta Newcastle University
Amy E. Latimer-Cheung
Amy E. Latimer-Cheung Queen's University

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