The Book of Behavior Change

The Book of Behavior Change is an Open Access guide to effective behavior change interventions.
Author

Rik Crutzen & Gjalt-Jorn Ygram Peters

Published

July 14, 2025

Introduction

The Book of Behavior Change is an Open Access book that helps with the development of effective behavior change interventions as well as doing research into behavior change. Unlike for example Intervention Mapping, this book does not provide a complete protocol, instead focusing on identifying what to target, and how to target it, to maximize intervention effectiveness. Please be aware that this is a “living” book. This means that it will be updated over time and certain parts might be changed, extended or shortened.

If you would like to cite this book, you can use this reference:

Crutzen, R. & Peters, G.-J. Y. (2019) The Book of Behavior Change (1st Ed.). doi:10.5281/zenodo.3570967