Theory Database - Theory 34: Integrated Theory of Health Behaviour Change

Theory Database (prototype)

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

For more information, see:

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 34: Integrated Theory of Health Behaviour Change

Number of Constructs: 18
Number of Triples: 23

Theory triples

Social facilitation correlates with Knowledge and beliefs
Social facilitation correlates with Self-regulation skills and abilities
Self-regulation skills and abilities correlates with Knowledge and beliefs
Self-regulation skills and abilities positively influences Self-management behaviours / health behaviour change
Social facilitation positively influences Self-management behaviours / health behaviour change
Condition specific knowledge positively influences Self-management behaviours / health behaviour change
Self-efficacy positively influences Self-management behaviours / health behaviour change
Outcome expectancy positively influences Self-management behaviours / health behaviour change
Goal congruence positively influences Self-management behaviours / health behaviour change
Self-management behaviours / health behaviour change positively influences Health status
Condition specific knowledge type of Knowledge and beliefs
Self-efficacy type of Knowledge and beliefs
Goal congruence type of Knowledge and beliefs
Outcome expectancy type of Knowledge and beliefs
Goal setting type of Self-regulation skills and abilities
Self-monitoring and reflective thinking type of Self-regulation skills and abilities
Self evaluation type of Self-regulation skills and abilities
Decision making type of Self-regulation skills and abilities
Planning type of Self-regulation skills and abilities
Managing emotions and responses type of Self-regulation skills and abilities
Social influence type of Social facilitation
Social support type of Social facilitation
Collaboration between individuals, families, healthcare professionals type of Social facilitation

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

Ryan, P. (2009). Integrated Theory of Health Behaviour Change: Background and Intervention Development. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 23(3), 161-172.

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