Importance of the Nature of Comparison Conditions for Testing Theory-Based Interventions: Reply

Health Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 468-470

  Michie, Susan ^a   Prestwich, Andrew ^b   de Bruin, Marijn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour change techniques; Behaviour change theory; Comparison conditions; Complex interventions; Control conditions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; QUALITY OF LIFE; THEORY VALIDATION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 77956895442     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020844     Document Type: Note

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