"stop a behavior" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to express that you want a certain behavior to cease. For example, "I am asking you to stop this behavior immediately."
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04711.001 Actions have consequences; positive consequences or rewards make it more likely that a behavior will be repeated, while negative consequences or punishments can stop a behavior occurring again.
Tell children what you would like them to do, instead of asking them to stop a behavior.
They find it very hard to stop a behavior and find a behavior to replace it with, instead give them something to focus on doing.
Corporal punishment might scare a child into stopping a behavior, but it does not get them to think rationally or learn how to cooperate.
When asked if we should be rewarding women for stopping a behavior they know is dangerous to their child, Dr. Frandsen isn't bogged down in the politics of it.
Do not try to insult or make harsh demands to encourage stopping a behavior.
To paraphrase Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, addiction is a total inability of the person to stop a specific behavior that was or still is generating a lot of pleasure but has or will have catastrophic consequences on his life.
Because as uncomfortable as it is to pay someone to stop a dangerous behavior, Tasmania's dreary smoking statistics show the fear approach simply isn't working.
Ask someone older than you to tell them to be quiet or stop a certain behavior.
Rather than telling them to stop a bad behavior, tell them what they should be doing.
Using a new behavior or a new activity is the best way to stop an old behavior in its tracks.
