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Table 3 Theoretical domains[24]

From: Using behavioural theories to optimise shared haemodialysis care: a qualitative intervention development study of patient and professional experience

Domain (definition)

Constructs included

Knowledge (An awareness of the existence of something)

Knowledge (including knowledge of condition/scientific rationale)

Procedural knowledge

Knowledge of task environment

Skills (An ability or proficiency acquired through practice)

Skills

Skills development

Competence

Ability

Interpersonal skills

Practice

Skill assessment

Social/Professional Role and Identity (A coherent set of behaviours and displayed personal qualities of an individual in a social or work setting)

Professional identity

Professional role

Social identity

Identity

Professional boundaries

Professional confidence

Group identity

Leadership

Organisational commitment

Beliefs about Capabilities (Acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about an ability, talent, or facility that a person can put to constructive use)

Self-confidence

Perceived competence

Self-efficacy

Perceived behavioural control

Beliefs

Self-esteem

Empowerment

Professional confidence

Optimism (The confidence that things will happen for the best or that desired goals will be attained)

Optimism

Pessimism

Unrealistic optimism

Identity

Beliefs about Consequences (Acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about outcomes of a behaviour in a given situation)

Beliefs

Outcome expectancies

Characteristics of outcome expectancies

Anticipated regret

Consequents

Reinforcement (Increasing the probability of a response by arranging a dependent relationship, or contingency, between the response and a given stimulus)

Rewards (proximal / distal, valued / not valued, probable / improbable)

Incentives

Punishment

Consequents

Reinforcement

Contingencies

Sanctions

Intentions (A conscious decision to perform a behaviour or a resolve to act in a certain way)

Stability of intentions

Stages of change model

Transtheoretical model and stages of change

Goals (Mental representations of outcomes or end states that an individual wants to achieve)

Goals (distal / proximal)

Goal priority

Goal / target setting

Goals (autonomous / controlled)

Action planning

Implementation intention

Memory, Attention and Decision Processes (The ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment and choose between two or more alternatives)

Memory

Attention

Attention control

Decision making

Cognitive overload / tiredness

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 behaviour)

Environmental stressors

Resources / material resources

Organisational culture /climate

Salient events / critical incidents

Person x environment interaction

Barriers and facilitators

Social influences (Those interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings, or behaviours)

Social pressure

Social norms

Group conformity

Social comparisons

Group norms

Social support

Power

Intergroup conflict

Alienation

Group identity

Modelling

Emotion (A complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioural, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event)

Fear

Anxiety

Affect

Stress

Depression

Positive / negative affect

Burn-out

Behavioural Regulation (Anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions)

Self-monitoring

Breaking habit

Action planning

  1. Note. All definitions are based on definitions from the American Psychological Associations’ Dictionary of Psychology.