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Human Behavior

Human behavior is the manner in which people act, react, and conduct themselves across situations, encompassing observable actions as well as the thoughts, emotions, and motives that underlie them. It emerges from the interplay of biological endowment, psychological processes, and social context: neural and physiolo…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 8 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 68× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2474-9273 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Human behavior is the manner in which people act, react, and conduct themselves across situations, encompassing observable actions as well as the thoughts, emotions, and motives that underlie them. It emerges from the interplay of biological endowment, psychological processes, and social context: neural and physiological systems, cognition, emotion, personality, and prior learning interact with culture, relationships, and immediate circumstances to shape what individuals and groups do. Because humans are capable of complex reasoning, language, and self-reflection, their behavior is highly flexible and sensitive to meaning, expectation, and social influence. The study of human behavior is inherently interdisciplinary, spanning psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, and the health and behavioral sciences, with each field examining different determinants and levels, from individual decision-making and emotion to interpersonal interaction, group processes, and societal patterns. Researchers seek to describe behavior, explain its causes and consequences, and develop interventions to change it in areas such as mental health, education, work, and social conduct. Recurring themes include motivation, attitudes and beliefs, social cooperation and conflict, identity, and adaptation to changing conditions. Methods range from controlled experiments and surveys to observational and qualitative inquiry. Research in this area addresses the psychological and social determinants of behavior, the factors that sustain or change it, and its implications for well-being and functioning.

Research published in this journal

8 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Webies in Cyberspace

Safranj JelisavetaCorresponding author
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia and Montenegro.
Exact topic Language Research doi:10.14302/issn.2998-4122.jlr-18-2015

How this research is being cited

The 8 articles above have been cited 68 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Human Behavior, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Behavior Therapy And Mental Health (ISSN 2474-9273).

Journal editorial board
Dr. Rabiul Ahasan · Saudi Arabia Shahid Ullah · Australia Roberto Maniglio · Italy

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