Theory Database - Theory 66: Social Ecological Model of 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 66: Social Ecological Model of Behaviour Change

Number of Constructs: 27
Number of Triples: 36

Theory triples

Attitudes influences Intention to change
Intention to change influences Behaviour change
Social ecology influences the 'Intention to change' to 'Behaviour change' Influences relationship
Trigger for change influences the 'Intention to change' to 'Behaviour change' Influences relationship
Behaviour change influences Health impact
Sustainability influences Health impact
Sustainability influences Behaviour change
Social norms influences Intention to change
Self-efficacy influences Intention to change
Efficacy beliefs influences Normative beliefs and motivation to change
Health impact influences Behavioural beliefs and their evaluative aspects
Health impact influences Normative beliefs and motivation to change
Health impact influences Efficacy beliefs
Enabling factors part of Social ecology
Local and external investment part of Social ecology
Constraints on agency part of Social ecology
Attitudes part of Culturally acceptable intervention
Social norms part of Culturally acceptable intervention
Self-efficacy part of Culturally acceptable intervention
Intention to change part of Culturally compelling intervention
Behaviour change part of Culturally compelling intervention
Trigger for change part of Culturally compelling intervention
Health impact part of Effective intervention
Sustainability part of Effective intervention
Behavioural beliefs and their evaluative aspects part of Attitudes
Normative beliefs and motivation to change part of Social norms
Efficacy beliefs part of Self-efficacy
Physcial type of Constraints on agency
Social type of Constraints on agency
Economic type of Constraints on agency
Time type of Constraints on agency
Organisational support type of Local and external investment
Community priorities type of Local and external investment
Political and financial commitments type of Local and external investment
Skills type of Enabling factors
Abilities type of Enabling factors

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

Panter-Brick, C., Clarke, S.E., Lomas, H., Pinder, M. & Lindsay, S.W. (2006). Culturally compelling strategies for behaviour change: a social ecology model and case study in malaria prevention. Social Science & Medicine, 62(2), 2810-2825.

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