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The 2010 habit study found that missing one opportunity to perform the behavior did not materially affect habit formation.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Missing one opportunity to perform the behaviour did not materially affect the habit formation process.”
How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world, Phillippa Lally et al., European Journal of Social Psychology, 2010, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1002/ejsp.674)- What it measures
- Participants could skip a day and the curve still rose.
- What it does not show
- This describes one missed day in a study of simple behaviors. It says nothing about several missed weeks.