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Table 1 Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) of behaviour change domains and definitions [24]

From: Barriers and facilitators to clinical behaviour change by primary care practitioners: a theory-informed systematic review of reviews using the Theoretical Domains Framework and Behaviour Change Wheel

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TDF domain

Definition

Capability

Psychological

Knowledge

An awareness of the existence of something.

Skills: cognitive and interpersonal

An ability or proficiency acquired through practice.

Memory, attention and decision processes

The ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment and choose between two or more alternatives.

Behavioural regulation

Anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions.

Physical

Skills: physical

An ability or proficiency acquired through practice.

Opportunity

Social

Social influences

Those interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings or behaviours.

Physical

Environmental context and resources

Any circumstance of a person’s situation or environment that discourages or encourages the development of skills and abilities, independence, social competence and adaptive behaviour.

Motivation

Reflective

Social/professional role and identity

A coherent set of behaviours and displayed personal qualities of an individual in a social or work setting.

Beliefs about capabilities

Acceptance of the truth, reality or validity about an ability, talent or facility that a person can put to constructive use.

Optimism

The confidence that things will happen for the best or that desired goals will be attained.

Intentions

A conscious decision to perform a behaviour or a resolve to act in a certain way.

Goals

Mental representations of outcomes or end states that an individual wants to achieve.

Beliefs about consequences

Acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about outcomes of a behaviour in a given situation.

Automatic

Reinforcement

Increasing the probability of a response by arranging a dependent relationship, or contingency, between the response and a given stimulus.

Emotion

A complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioural, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event.