Table 2.

Operational definitions of the TDF domains

TDF Domains	Definition
Knowledge	Awareness about the benefits of PA, detrimental impacts of physical inactivity and the recommended PA guidelines
Physical Skills	Abilities or proficiencies gained via practice
Intentions	Deliberate resolve to carry out a behaviour or a determination to perform in a specific manner
Social Influences	Relational processes that can influence people to transform their views, state of mind, or conducts
Environmental Context and Resources	Circumstances of an individual’s condition or surrounding that hinders or promotes the enhancement of abilities and proficiencies, autonomy, social expertise, and adaptive demeanour
Beliefs about Consequences	Recognition of the fact, certainty, or authenticity concerning the after-effects of a behaviour in a specified circumstance
Beliefs about Capabilities	Recognition of the fact, certainty, or authenticity concerning a skill, facility, or proficiency that an individual can utilise constructively
Reinforcement	Heightening the possibility of a reaction by arranging a contingent association or unforeseen event, between the reaction and a specified incentive
Social/Professional Role and Identity	Rational series of behaviours and exhibited individual attributes of a person in a public or work environment
Memory, Attention and Decision Processes	Capability to keep information, selectively focus on parts of the environment and select amongst two or more options
Optimism	Confidence that things would turn out for the best or that anticipated targets would be achieved
Goals	Cognitive depiction of aftermath or end results that a person intends to attain
Emotion	Intricate response pattern, including empirical, physiological, and behavioural components, through which a person tries to handle an individually important issue or incident
Behavioural Regulation	Anything focused on controlling or transforming impartially perceived or assessed activities