Habits are automatic responses to learned stimuli or contextual cues that are insensitive to goals. Although habits may allow for automated behaviours that increase efficiency in our daily lives, an over-reliance on habits has been suggested to contribute to disorders such as obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). There are currently few established measures of individual differences in habitual tendencies. To fill this gap, the present study generated and validated a novel 11-item scale, the Habitual Tendencies Questionnaire (HTQ), to measure individual differences in habitual tendencies in the general population. In Study 1, factor analysis revealed three underlying subcomponents of the HTQ: Compulsivity, Preference for Regularity, and Aversion to Novelty, with Compulsivity showing the strongest association with subclinical OCD symptomatology. Study 2 validated the HTQ and replicated the findings of Study 1 in a larger sample, and explored relationships with other personality traits. The results emphasise the importance of measuring individual variation in habitual thinking styles, illustrating that different facets of habitual tendencies may contribute to diverse behavioural and clinical outcomes. The present investigation provides a new, reliable way of measuring habitual tendencies and has important implications for future explorations into the nature of individual differences from a dimensional perspective to psychiatry.

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习惯倾向问卷：心理测量个体差异研究的工具

习惯是对学习的刺激或对目标不敏感的背景线索的自动反应。尽管习惯可能允许自动化行为来提高我们日常生活的效率，但过度依赖习惯被认为会导致诸如强迫症 (OCD) 等疾病。目前很少有既定的衡量习惯性倾向的个体差异的方法。为了填补这一空白，本研究生成并验证了一种新颖的 11 项量表，即习惯倾向问卷 (HTQ)，以测量一般人群习惯倾向的个体差异。在研究 1 中，因子分析揭示了 HTQ 的三个潜在子成分：强迫性、对规律性的偏好和对新奇的厌恶，其中强迫性与亚临床强迫症症状学的相关性最强。研究 2 验证了 HTQ，并在更大的样本中复制了研究 1 的结果，并探索了与其他人格特征的关系。结果强调了衡量习惯性思维方式的个体差异的重要性，说明习惯性倾向的不同方面可能会导致不同的行为和临床结果。目前的调查提供了一种新的、可靠的测量习惯倾向的方法，并对未来从维度视角到精神病学的个体差异本质的探索具有重要意义。说明习惯倾向的不同方面可能导致不同的行为和临床结果。本研究提供了一种新的、可靠的测量习惯倾向的方法，并对未来从维度角度到精神病学探索个体差异的本质具有重要意义。说明习惯倾向的不同方面可能导致不同的行为和临床结果。目前的调查提供了一种新的、可靠的测量习惯倾向的方法，并对未来从维度视角到精神病学的个体差异本质的探索具有重要意义。