Table 7.

Behavioral change theories and key constructs used in the design of BC interventions

	Targeted Behavior	Physical activity [68]; [67, 74, 75, 55, 70, 65, 56, 62, 69, 60, 53, 64, 73, 76]	PA & SB  [54, 59, 71]	SB [48, 66, 18, 58, 77, 78, 57, 72, 51, 63, 52]
	Key theoretical constructs
Social Cognitive Theory	Self-efficacy	[68, 67, 65, 62, 69]	[71]	[48, 66, 18, 58, 77, 57]
	Expectations	[65, 69]
	Expectancies	[69]		[58, 57]
	Self-regulation	[67, 69]		[66, 18, 58, 57]
	Observational learning/Modeling	[67]	[71]	[48, 66, 51]
	Reinforcement rewards/punishments	[68]	[71]	[66, 51]
	Behavioral capability	[67]		[18]
Social Ecological Model	Intrapersonal level factors			[66, 58, 57, 72]
	Interpersonal level factors		[54]	[66]
	Institutional level factors		[54]	[66, 58, 57, 72]
	Community level factors			[66, 58, 7, 72]
	Societal level factors			[66, 72]
Health belief model	Perceived susceptibility		[71]
	Perceived benefits		[71]
	Perceived barriers		[71]
	Perceived seriousness
	Modifying variable
	Cues to action		[71]
	Self-efficacy
Theory of Planned Behavior	Attitude	[68, 67, 65]	[71]	[78]
	Subjective norms	[68, 67, 65]		[78]
	Volitional control	[68, 75]		[78]
	Behavioral control	[68, 67, 65]		[78]
Self Determination Theory	Motivation	[74, 75, 73]	NA	[78]
	Cognitive evaluation theory
	Organismic integration theory
	Causality Orientation Theory	[74]		[78]
	Basic psychological needs theory	[74, 75, 53, 73]		[78]
	Goal contents theory	[53]
Self-Regulation Theory	Sources of Control
	Automatic processing
	Controlled processing	[60]
	Self-Regulation/ self-regulatory	[60]
	Stage of self-regulatory processes	[75]
	Attributional process
Transtheoretical Model Stages of Change	Stage of change	[74, 70, 65, 73]		[52]
	Decisional balance	[74]
	Process of change	[65]
	Self-efficacy	[74, 70, 65, 73]
Self-efficacy Theory	Mastery experience
	Vicarious experience
	Verbal persuasion			[72]
	Somatic and emotional States
Social influence strategies	Authority			[63]
	Commitment			[63]
	Consensus			[63]
	Liking
	Reciprocity
	Scarcity			[63]
Health Action Process Approach	Risk perception	[55]
	Outcome expectancies	[55]
	Perceived self-efficacy	[55]
	Intention	[55, 60]
	Action control	[55, 60]
Protection Motivation Theory	Response efficacy	[65, 56]
	Self-efficacy
	Perceived Severity	[65, 56]
	Vulnerability	[65]
	Response costs
Implementation Intention model(volitional),	Intention elaboration	[56]
	Intention viability
	Intention activation	[56]
	Contextual threats
Wellness Motivation Theory	Empowering education	[76]
	Motivational support	[76]
	Social support	[76]
	Mobility training	[76]
MoVo process model	Goal intention	[75]
	Self-efficacy	[75]
	Self-concordance	[75]
	Outcomes expectation	[75]
	Action planning	(75