Table 1.

COM-B factors, interventions and behavior change techniques in relation to the behavior of reporting stray cats for neutering.

COM-B categories	Definition	Relevance of COM-B component	Intervention function(s)	Example behavior change technique
Capability-physical	Capacity to physically engage in the behavior	N/A—People would generally have the physical ability to report stray cats
Capability- psychological	Capacity to engage in the thought processes that underpin the behavior	Lack of knowledge about who to report to and how	Training	Demonstration of the behavior and instruction on how to perform the behavior
Opportunity-social	The social and/or cultural features that enable a behavior	No support or prominent community role models obviously doing the behavior	Environmental restructuring; Modeling; Enablement	Restructuring of social environment, providing social support and demonstration of behavior
Opportunity-physical	Situational or environmental features that enable the behavior	No resources or opportunities provided	Training; Environmental restructuring; Enablement	Restructuring the social environment by providing routes to report unowned cats
Motivation-reflective	Conscious thought processes	Worries about what to do, how to report pets, lack of knowledge and confusion	Enablement	Restructuring social environment and providing social support e.g. providing tools to enable the intended behavior
Motivation-automatic	Automatic thought processes driven by impulses, emotions and beliefs	Reporting unowned cats not habitual behavior	Training; Environmental restructuring; Enablement	Restructuring social environment, providing social support, and demonstration of the behavior