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. 2022 Nov 17;12(6):7414–7426. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5445

TABLE 1.

The Theoretical Domains Framework (v2) domains and definitions 20 , 21

  1. Knowledge: an awareness of the existence of something

  • 2

    Skills: an ability or proficiency acquired through practice

  • 3

    Social/professional role and identity: a coherent set of behaviors and displayed personal qualities of an individual in a social or work setting

  • 4

    Beliefs about capabilities: acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about an ability, talent, or facility that a person can put to constructive use

  • 5

    Optimism: the confidence that things will happen for the best or that desired goals will be attained

  • 6

    Beliefs about consequences: acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about outcomes of a behavior in a given situation

  • 7

    Reinforcement: increasing the probability of a response by arranging a dependent relationship, or contingency, between the response and a given stimulus

  • 8

    Intentions: a conscious decision to perform a behavior or a resolve to act in a certain way

  • 9

    Goals: mental representations of outcomes or end states that an individual wants to achieve

  • 10

    Memory, attention and decision processes: the ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment and choose between two or more alternatives

  • 11

    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 behavior

  • 12

    Social influences: those interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors

  • 13

    Emotion: a complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event

  • 14

    Behavioral regulation: anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions