The behavior change technique taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techniques:Building an international consensus for the reporting of behavior change interventions

Michie, Susan, Richardson, Michelle, Johnston, Marie, Abraham, Charles, Francis, Jill, Hardeman, Wendy, Eccles, Martin P., Cane, James and Wood, Caroline E. (2013) The behavior change technique taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techniques:Building an international consensus for the reporting of behavior change interventions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 46 (1). pp. 81-95. ISSN 0883-6612

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Abstract

Background: CONSORT guidelines call for precise reporting of behavior change interventions: we need rigorous methods of characterizing active content of interventions with precision and specificity. Objectives: The objective of this study is to develop an extensive, consensually agreed hierarchically structured taxonomy of techniques [behavior change techniques (BCTs)] used in behavior change interventions. Methods: In a Delphi-type exercise, 14 experts rated labels and definitions of 124 BCTs from six published classification systems. Another 18 experts grouped BCTs according to similarity of active ingredients in an open-sort task. Inter-rater agreement amongst six researchers coding 85 intervention descriptions by BCTs was assessed. Results: This resulted in 93 BCTs clustered into 16 groups. Of the 26 BCTs occurring at least five times, 23 had adjusted kappas of 0.60 or above. Conclusions: "BCT taxonomy v1," an extensive taxonomy of 93 consensually agreed, distinct BCTs, offers a step change as a method for specifying interventions, but we anticipate further development and evaluation based on international, interdisciplinary consensus.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	behavior change interventions,behavior change techniques,taxonomy
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2015 08:18
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2025 05:56
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55419
DOI:	10.1007/s12160-013-9486-6

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