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. 2017 Mar 1;4(1):e6. doi: 10.2196/humanfactors.6502

Table 1.

Behavior change techniques used.

Theoretical construct or domain Behavior change techniques
Risk perception Information about health consequences
Outcome expectancy Information about health consequences

Information about social and environmental consequences

Credible source

Comparative imagining of future outcomes
Self-efficacy Verbal persuasion about capability

Vicarious consequences

Instruction on how to perform the behavior
Social support Social support (practical)

Social support (unspecified)
Intention Goal setting (outcome)
Memory, attention, and decision processes Prompts or cues
Action planning Action planning
Coping planning Problem solving
Behavioral regulation Self-monitoring of behavior (optional)

Adding objects to the environment (optional)
  Nonspecific reward (optional)