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. 2023 May 12;25:e43597. doi: 10.2196/43597

Table 2.

Included behavior change techniques (BCTs) and linked mechanisms of action (MoAs).

BCTs Linked MoAs
Goal setting (behavior) Intentions; goals; and memory, attention, and decision processes
Problem-solving Knowledge; skills; beliefs about capabilities; memory, attention, and decision processes; and behavioral regulation
Action planning Memory, attention, and decision processes; behavioral regulation; and behavioral cueing
Graded tasks Skills; beliefs about capabilities; and memory, attention, and decision processes
Review behavior goals Beliefs about capabilities, reinforcement, intentions, goals, and feedback processes
Feedback on behavior Reinforcement, motivation, and feedback processes
Focus on past success Beliefs about capabilities
Prompts or cues Memory, attention, and decision processes; environmental context and resources; behavioral regulation; and behavioral cueing
Habit formation Memory, attention, and decision processes; behavioral regulation; and behavioral cueing
Information about health consequences Knowledge, beliefs about consequences, intentions, and attitude toward behavior
Information on how to perform the behavior Knowledge, skills, and beliefs about capabilities
Demonstration of the behavior Knowledge, skills, and beliefs about capabilities
Body changes Beliefs about capabilities
Verbal persuasion about capability Beliefs about capabilities
Self-monitoring of behavior Behavioral regulation, feedback processes, and behavioral cueing
Feedback on behavior Reinforcement, motivation, and feedback processes
Reduce negative emotions Skills, emotion, and behavioral regulation
Self-monitoring the outcome of behavior Goals
Monitoring of emotional consequences Beliefs about consequences and emotion
Information about emotional consequences Knowledge, beliefs about consequences, and emotion
Social support (unspecified) Environmental context and resources
Social support (practical) Environmental context and resources