Table 1.

Examples of change objectives for kidney transplant recipients derived from combining the performance objectives and determinants.

Performance objectives	Behavioral determinants
	Awareness	Attitude	Self-efficacy		Autonomous motivation	Social support	Commitment	Skills
Recipients decide to improve an aspect of their life	Become aware of and acknowledge improvement is possible in one or more areas in their life; Are aware of the discrepancy between the desired and current situation	Have stronger positive feelings toward improving self-management than negative		Feel able to improve this aspect of their life	Are intrinsically motivated to improve aspect of life	N/Aa	N/A	N/A
Recipients set, at least, one SMART goal	Are aware of the desired outcome	Have positive feelings toward the goal		Formulate a goal that they feel self-efficacious about	N/A	N/A	N/A	Are capable of setting a SMART goal
Recipients make an action plan to attain and actively pursue their chosen goal	Are aware of possible habits, facilitators, barriers, and resources	Have positive feelings toward the action plan		Draw up an action plan they feel able to carry out	N/A	Consider possible social support when making an action plan	N/A	Are capable of making an action plan in which facilitators, barriers, habits, and resources are considered
Recipients carry out their goal-pursuit action plan at home	N/A	Have stronger positive feelings toward carrying out the plan than negative		Feel able and self-efficacious about performing the action plan	Are intrinsically motivated to carry out an action plan	Use their social resources according to plan	Show commitment to pursuing the behavior in daily life	N/A

^aN/A: not applicable.