Instruction on how to perform the behavior |
Advise or agree on how to perform the behavior |
Education |
Social comparison |
Draw attention to others’ performance to allow comparison with the person’s own performance |
Education |
Self-talk |
Prompt positive self-talk before and during the behavior |
Daily task |
Valued self-identity |
Advise the person to write or complete rating scales about cherished value or personal strength as a means of affirming the person’s identity as part of behavior change strategy |
Journal |
Information about health consequences |
Provide information about health consequences of performing the behavior |
Education |
Incentive |
Inform that a reward will be delivered if and only if there has been effort and/or progress in achieving the behavioral outcome |
Daily task |
Self-monitoring of behavior |
Establish a method for the person to monitor and record their behavior(s) as part of a behavior change strategy |
Progress |
Behavior practice/rehearsal |
Prompt practice or rehearsal of the performance of the behavior one or more times in a context or at a time when the performance may not be necessary, in order to increase habit and skill |
Daily task |
Focus on past success |
Advise to think about or list previous successes in performing the behavior |
Daily task |
Social support (emotional) |
Advise on, arrange, or provide emotional social support for performance of the behavior |
Daily task |
Credible source |
Present verbal or visual communication from a credible source in favor of or against the behavior |
Education |
Restructuring the social environment |
Change, or advise to change the social environment in order to facilitate performance of the wanted behavior |
Daily task |