Theory Database - Theory 80: Theory of Triadic Influence

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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 80: Theory of Triadic Influence

Number of Constructs: 31
Number of Triples: 83

Theory triples

Self-efficacy influences Decisions / intentions
Health-related behaviour influences Experience
Immediate social context influences Social learning
Immediate social context influences Social bonding
Decisions / intentions influences Health-related behaviour
Cultural environment influences Health-related values
Cultural environment influences Health-related knowledge
Attitudes influences Decisions / intentions
Intrapersonal influences influences Social influences
Experience influences Health-related values
Experience influences Expectations about consequences
Experience influences Motivation to comply
Experience influences Perceived norms
Experience influences Skills
Experience influences Self-determination
Attitudinal influences influences Social influences
Social influences influences Intrapersonal influences
Social influences influences Attitudinal influences
Attitudinal influences influences Intrapersonal influences
Sense of self influences Self-determination
Social bonding influences Self-determination
Health-related knowledge influences Self-determination
Social competence influences Skills
Health-related knowledge influences Skills
Social competence influences Perceived norms
Health-related knowledge influences Perceived norms
Health-related values influences Motivation to comply
Social competence influences Expectations about consequences
Social learning influences Expectations about consequences
Health-related values influences Evaluations of consequences
Sense of self influences Motivation to comply
Intrapersonal influences influences Attitudinal influences
Social normative beliefs influences Decisions / intentions
Social learning influences Perceived norms
Social learning influences Skills
Experience influences Health-related knowledge
Biology / personality influences Sense of self
Biology / personality influences Social competence
Sense of self influences Evaluations of consequences
Social learning influences Evaluations of consequences
Health-related knowledge influences Expectations about consequences
Social bonding influences Motivation to comply
Experience influences Evaluations of consequences
Experience influences Sense of self
Experience influences Social competence
Experience influences Social learning
Experience influences Social bonding
Intrapersonal influences type of Streams of influence
Social influences type of Streams of influence
Attitudinal influences type of Streams of influence
Perceived norms influences (*) Social normative beliefs
Motivation to comply influences (*) Social normative beliefs
Skills influences (*) Self-efficacy
Self-determination influences (*) Self-efficacy
Biology / personality part of Intrapersonal influences
Immediate social context part of Social influences
Cultural environment part of Attitudinal influences
Evaluations of consequences influences (*) Attitudes
Expectations about consequences influences (*) Attitudes
Ultimate causes tier type of Tiers of influence
Social personal nexus tier type of Tiers of influence
Affective / cognitive tier type of Tiers of influence
Decisions tier type of Tiers of influence
Expectancy-value tier type of Tiers of influence
Social competence part of Social personal nexus tier
Social learning part of Social personal nexus tier
Social bonding part of Social personal nexus tier
Health-related knowledge part of Social personal nexus tier
Sense of self part of Social personal nexus tier
Health-related values part of Social personal nexus tier
Self-determination part of Expectancy-value tier
Skills part of Expectancy-value tier
Perceived norms part of Expectancy-value tier
Motivation to comply part of Expectancy-value tier
Expectations about consequences part of Expectancy-value tier
Evaluations of consequences part of Expectancy-value tier
Self-efficacy part of Affective / cognitive tier
Social normative beliefs part of Affective / cognitive tier
Attitudes part of Affective / cognitive tier
Decisions / intentions part of Decisions tier
Biology / personality part of Ultimate causes tier
Immediate social context part of Ultimate causes tier
Cultural environment part of Ultimate causes tier

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

Flay, B.R. & Petraitis, J. (1994). The Theory of Triadic Influence: A New Theory of Health Behaviour with Implications for Preventive Interventions. Advances in Medical Sociology, 4, 19-44.

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