Table 1.
Behavioral determinants (domains) within the theoretical domain framework.
| No. | Domain | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source. Cane, J., O'Connor, D., & Michie, S. (2012). Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behavior change and implementation research. Implementation Science, 7, 37.