COM-B domain | TDF domain | |
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Capability—psychological | Knowledge | An awareness of the existence of something |
Skills (interpersonal) | An ability or proficiency acquired through practice | |
Decision processes | The ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment, and choose between two or more alternatives | |
Behavioral regulation | Anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions | |
Opportunity—physical | Environmental context and resources | Any circumstance of a person’s situation or environment that discourages or encourages the development of skills and abilities, independence, social competence, and adaptive behavior |
Opportunity—social | Social influences | Those interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors |
Motivation—reflective | Professional/social role and identity | A coherent set of behaviors and displayed personal qualities of an individual in a social or work setting |
Beliefs about consequences | Acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about outcomes of a behavior in a given situation | |
Intentions | A conscious decision to perform a behavior or a resolve to act in a certain way | |
Goals | Mental representations of outcomes or end states that an individual wants to achieve | |
Motivation—automatic | Emotion | A complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event |