Table 1 Links between COM-B, Theoretical Domains Framework and Behaviour Change Wheel intervention functions
COM-B model | Theoretical Domains Framework | Behaviour Change Wheel Intervention functions | |
|---|---|---|---|
Motivation Definition: all those cognitive processes that direct behaviour, including habitual processes, emotional responding, as well as analytical decision-making. | Reflective motivation | Professional/ social role and identify | Education, persuasion, modelling |
Beliefs about capabilities | Education, persuasion, enablement | ||
Optimism | Education, persuasion, modelling, enablement | ||
Beliefs about consequences | Education, persuasion, modelling | ||
Intentions | Education, persuasion, incentivisation, coercion, modelling, enablement | ||
Automatic motivation | Reinforcement | Training, Incentivisation, coercion, Environmental restructuring | |
Emotion | Persuasion, incentivisation, coercion, modelling, enablement | ||
Capability Definition: the individual’s psychological and physical capacity to engage in the activity concerned, and includes having the necessary knowledge and skills. | Physical capability | Physical skills | Training |
Psychological capability | Knowledge | Education | |
Cognitive and interpersonal skills | Training | ||
Memory, attention and decision processes | Training, environmental restructuring, Enablement | ||
Behavioral regulation | Education, training, modelling, enablement | ||
Opportunity Definition: all the factors that lie outside the individual that make the behaviour possible or prompt it. | Physical opportunity | Environmental context and resources | Training, restriction, environmental, restructuring, enablement |
Social opportunity | Social influences | Restriction, environmental, restructuring, modelling, enablement | |