Theory Database - Theory 17: Feedback Intervention Theory

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This is a searchable database of theories of behaviour change that have been formalised according to an Ontology-Based Modelling System.

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West, R., Godinho, C. A., Bohlen, L. C., Carey, R. N., Hastings, J., Lefevre, C. E., & Michie, S. (2019). Development of a formal system for representing behaviour-change theories. Nature human behaviour, 3(5), 526. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0561-2.
Hale, J., Hastings, J., West, R., Lefevre, C. E., Direito, A., Connell Bohlen, L., Godinho, C., Anderson, N., Zink, S., Goarke, H., and Michie, S. (2020) An ontology-based modelling system (OBMS) for representing behaviour change theories applied to 76 theories [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Research.

Theory 17: Feedback Intervention Theory

Number of Constructs: 31
Number of Triples: 60

Theory triples

Feedback sign influences Performance / behaviour
Feedback-standard discrepancies influences Performance / behaviour
Depletion of cognitive resources influences Performance / behaviour
Strategies for eliminating the feedback-standard gap influences Performance / behaviour
Feedback intervention-induced affect influences Feedback sign
Feedback intervention influences Locus of attention
Meta-task processes influences Depletion of cognitive resources
Meta-task processes influences Feedback intervention-induced affect
Feedback intervention influences Meta-task processes
Situational variables influences Feedback intervention cues
Feedback intervention cues influences Situational variables
Task characteristics influences Feedback intervention cues
Feedback intervention cues influences Task characteristics
Situational variables influences Task characteristics
Task characteristics influences Situational variables
Meta-task processes influences (*) Negative feedback loops
Meta-task processes influences (*) the 'Feedback-standard discrepancies' to 'Performance / behaviour' Influences relationship
Task-learning processes influences (*) Negative feedback loops
Task-learning processes influences (*) the 'Feedback-standard discrepancies' to 'Performance / behaviour' Influences relationship
Task-motivation processes influences (*) Negative feedback loops
Task-motivation processes influences (*) the 'Feedback-standard discrepancies' to 'Performance / behaviour' Influences relationship
Locus of attention influences (*) Negative feedback loops
Locus of attention influences (*) the 'Feedback-standard discrepancies' to 'Performance / behaviour' Influences relationship
Feedback intervention part of Feedback-standard discrepancies
Standards / goals part of Feedback-standard discrepancies
Feedback sign part of Feedback-standard discrepancies
Feedback intervention influences (*) Locus of attention
Feedback intervention influences (*) Meta-task processes
Feedback intervention influences (*) Feedback-standard discrepancies
Standards / goals influences (*) Locus of attention
Standards / goals influences (*) Meta-task processes
Standards / goals influences (*) Feedback-standard discrepancies
Rejecting the feedback part of Strategies for eliminating the feedback-standard gap
Goal-setting part of Strategies for eliminating the feedback-standard gap
Abandoning the standard part of Strategies for eliminating the feedback-standard gap
Lowering the standard part of Strategies for eliminating the feedback-standard gap
Locus of attention part of Negative feedback loops
Feedback-standard discrepancies part of Negative feedback loops
Feedback sign part of Negative feedback loops
Performance / behaviour part of Negative feedback loops
Strategies for eliminating the feedback-standard gap part of Negative feedback loops
Feedback intervention-induced affect part of Negative feedback loops
Depletion of cognitive resources part of Negative feedback loops
Negative feedback loops part of Hierarchy of negative feedback loops
Meta-task processes part of Hierarchy of negative feedback loops
Task-learning processes part of Hierarchy of negative feedback loops
Task-motivation processes part of Hierarchy of negative feedback loops
Feedback intervention cues part of Hierarchy of negative feedback loops
Task characteristics part of Hierarchy of negative feedback loops
Personality part of Situational variables
Arousal type of Affective processes
Pleasantness type of Affective processes
Resolving feedback-self discreprancies type of Meta-task processes
Depletion of cognitive resources type of Meta-task processes
Affective processes type of Meta-task processes
Attention to the self type of Meta-task processes
Self-efficacy type of Resolving feedback-self discreprancies
Anxiety type of Resolving feedback-self discreprancies
Feedback intervention velocity type of Resolving feedback-self discreprancies
Hypotheses type of Task-learning processes

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

Kluger, A. N., & DeNisi, A. (1996). The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory. Psychological Bulletin, 119(2), 254–284.

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