Table 2.
The Theoretical Domains Framework with definitions
| Domain | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Knowledge | An awareness of the existence of something |
| 2. Skills | An ability or proficiency acquired through practice |
| 3. Social/professional role & identity | A coherent set of behaviours 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 behaviour 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 behaviour 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 & decision processes | The ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment and choose between two or more alternatives |
| 11. Environmental context & 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 behaviour |
| 12. Social influences | Those interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings, or behaviours |
| 13. Emotion | A complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioural, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event |
| 14. Behavioural regulation | Anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions |
[From: Cane, J., D. O’Connor, and S. Michie, Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behaviour change and implementation research. Implement Sci, 2012. 7: p. 37]