Table 1.

Overview of the motivation‐enhancing behavior change techniques. The last column displays the number (#) of studies that applied a technique in a study by Michie et al1

Technique	Definition	#
1. Provide information about behavior‐health link	General information about behavior risk, for example,	37
	susceptibility to poor health outcomes or
	mortality risk in relation to the behavior
2. Provide information on consequences	Information about the benefits and costs of action	64
	or inaction, focusing on what will happen if the
	person does or does not perform the behavior
3. Provide information about other's approval	Information about what others think about the	0
	person's behavior and whether others will
	approve or disapprove of any proposed behavior change
4. Prompt intention formation	Encouraging the person to decide to act or set	74
	a general goal, for example, to make a behavior
	resolution, such as "I will take more exercise next week"
5. Motivational interviewing	Prompting the person to provide self‐motivating	17
	statements and evaluations of their own behavior
	to minimize resistance to change