Table 3.
Behavior Change Techniques (BCTs) Identified in Pre-Post Designs
| Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy Code | Dixon-Ibarra et al., 2017 | Dlugonski et al., 2011 | Feys et al., 2013 | Hale et al., 2013 | Kinnett-Hopkins & Motl, 2018 | Mandelbaum et al., 2015 | Motl & Dlugonski, 2011 | Plow & Finlayson, 2011 | Total # of BCTs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 Goal setting (behavior) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||
| 1.2 Problem solving | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | ||
| 1.3 Goal setting (outcome) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | |||
| 1.5 Review behavior goal(s) | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | ||||||
| 1.7 Review outcome goal(s) | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | ||||||
| 1.9 Commitment | ✓ | 1 | |||||||
| 2.2 Feedback on behavior | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | |||
| 2.3 Self-monitoring of behavior | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | ||
| 3.1 Social support (unspecified) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | ||
| 3.2 Social support (practical) | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | ||||||
| 3.3 Social support (emotional) | ✓ | 1 | |||||||
| 4.1 Instruction on how to perform the behavior | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | |
| 5.1 Information about health consequences | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||
| 5.3 Information about social and environmental consequences | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||
| 6.1 Demonstration of the behavior | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | |||
| 6.2 Social comparison | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 | |||||
| 6.3 Information about others′ approval | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | ||||||
| 7.1 Prompts/cues | ✓ | 1 | |||||||
| 8.1 Behavioral practice/rehearsal | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | ||||||
| 8.6 Generalisation of target behavior | ✓ | 1 | |||||||
| 8.7 Graded tasks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | |||
| 9.1 Credible source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | |
| 9.2 Pros and cons | ✓ | 1 | |||||||
| 10.3 Non-specific reward | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | ||||||
| 12.5 Adding objects to the environment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | ||||
| 14.5 Rewarding completion | ✓ | 1 | |||||||
| 15.1 Verbal persuasion about capability | ✓ | 1 | |||||||
| 16.3 Vicarious consequences | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 | |||||
| Total # of BCTs | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 93 |