Table 1.
Description of domains reproduced from the validated Theoretical Domains Framework [48]
| Domain | Description |
|---|---|
| Knowledge | An awareness of the existence of something (including knowledge of condition/scientific rationale) |
| Skills | An ability or proficiency acquired through practice |
| Social/professional role and identity | A coherent set of behaviors and displayed personal qualities of an individual in a social or work setting |
| Beliefs about capabilities | Acceptance of the truth, reality or validity about an ability, talent, or facility that a person can put to constructive use |
| Optimism | The confidence that things will happen for the best or that desired goals will be attained |
| Beliefs about consequences | Acceptances of the truth, reality, or validity about outcomes of a behavior in a given situation |
| Reinforcement | Increasing the probability of a response by arranging a depending relationship, or contingency, between the response and a given stimulus |
| Intentions | A conscious decision to perform a behavior or a resolve to act in a certain way |
| Goals | Mental representations of outcomes or end states that an individual wants to achieve |
| Memory, attention, and decision processes | The ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment, and choose between two or more alternatives |
| Environmental context and 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 behavior |
| Social influences | Those interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings or behaviors |
| Emotion | A complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event |
| Behavioral regulation | Anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions |
| Nature of behavior* | Direct experience/past behavior including routine, automatic, or habitual behavior |
*From the initial set of 12 domains included in the TDF [47]