Specifying content and mechanisms of change in interventions to change professionals’ practice: an illustration from the Good Goals study in occupational therapy

Table 4 Behaviour-change techniques included in the intervention and the theoretical domains they were hypothesized to target

Behaviour-change techniques	Theoretical domains
	Role and identity	Skills	Beliefs about capabilities	Motivation and goals	Social influences	Emotion	Behavioural regulation
Goal specified	—	—	—	M	—	—	M+T
Self-monitoring	—	M	M+T	—	—	—	T
Contract	—	—	—	M	—	—	M+T
Graded tasks	—	M	M+T	M	—	—	—
Rehearsal of relevant skills	—	M	M+T	—	—	—	—
Social processes of encouragement, support, and pressure	M	—	M+T	M	M	—	—
Modeling/ demonstration by others	—	—	M+T	—	M	—	—
Feedback	—	—	M				T

M = technique is hypothesized to target the domain on the basis of the matrix [13]; T = technique is hypothesized to target a variable within the domain on the basis of theory [26–28, 30–33]; M+T = technique is hypothesized to target the domain, or a variable within the domain, on the basis of both the matrix and theory; — = technique is hypothesized not to have an effect on factors within the domain.

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