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Table 3 Candidate behaviour change techniques mapped to determinants of behaviour ordered by core, prominent and less-evident determinants identified during previous interview study [35]

From: To what extent can behaviour change techniques be identified within an adaptable implementation package for primary care? A prospective directed content analysis

Potential behaviour change technique (BCT) categories [23] ordered by likelihood of targeting core, prominent and less-evident determinants

Importance of determinant

Core to all indicators

Prominent across indicators

Less evident

Not identified

Environmental context

Social professional role

Knowledge

Memory

Social influences

Beliefs about consequences

Skills

Beliefs about capabilities

Motivation and goals

Emotion

Behavioural regulation

Social support

  

  

 

 

Antecedents

  

      

Comparison of behaviour

 

 

 

 

Feedback and monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

Identity

 

       

 

Covert learning

 

       

 

Comparison of outcomes

  

 

  

  

Natural consequences

  

  

  

 

Shaping knowledge

  

   

    

Goals and planning

   

   

 

Repetition and substitution

   

  

  

Associations

   

    

Regulation

   

     

Reward and threat

    

   

  

Self-belief

       

   

Scheduled consequences

        

 

Number of potentially relevant BCT categories

2

5

4

6

4

3

3

6

8

7

7

  1. A dot signifies a BCT with the potential to target a determinant