The behavior change technique taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techniques: Building an international consensus for the reporting of behavior change interventions

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-95

  Michie, Susan ^a   Richardson, Michelle ^b   Johnston, Marie ^a,c   Abraham, Charles ^b   Francis, Jill ^d   Hardeman, Wendy ^e   Eccles, Martin P ^f   Cane, James ^g   Wood, Caroline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior change interventions; Behavior change techniques; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879079138     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-013-9486-6     Document Type: Article

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