Reliability of Identification of Behavior Change Techniques in Intervention Descriptions

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 885-900

  Abraham, Charles ^a   Wood, Caroline E ^b   Johnston, Marie ^b,c   Francis, Jill ^d   Hardeman, Wendy ^e   Richardson, Michelle ^f   Michie, Susan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Behavior change technique; Inter coder reliability; Intervention; Taxonomy; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84946495061     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-015-9727-y     Document Type: Article

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