TABLE 1.

The Theoretical Domains Framework With Definitions and Component Constructs30

DomainConstructDomainConstruct
1. Knowledge
(an awareness of the existence of something)
Knowledge (including knowledge of condition/scientific rationale)
Procedural knowledge
Knowledge of task environment
8. Intentions
(a conscious decision to perform a behavior or a resolve to act in a certain way)
Stability of intentions
Stages of change model
Transtheoretical model and stages of change
2. Skills
(an ability or proficiency acquired through practice)
Skills
Skill development
Competence
Ability
Interpersonal skills
Practice
Skill assessment
9. Goals
(mental representations of outcomes or end states that an individual wants to achieve)
Goals (distal/proximal)
Goal priority
Goal/target setting
Goals (autonomous/controlled)
Action planning
Implementation intention
3. Social/professional role and identity
(a coherent set of behaviors and displayed personal qualities of an individual in a social or work setting)
Professional identity
Professional role
Social identity
Identity
Professional boundaries
Professional confidence
Group identity
Leadership
Organizational commitment
10. Memory, attention, and decision processes
(the ability to retain information, focus selectively on aspects of the environment, and choose between 2 or more alternatives)
Memory
Attention
Attention control
Decision making
Cognitive overload/tiredness
4. Beliefs about capabilities
(acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about an ability, or talent that a person can put to constructive use)
Self-confidence
Perceived competence
Self-efficacy
Perceived behavioral control
Beliefs
Self-esteem
Empowerment
Professional confidence
11. 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)
Environmental stressors
Resources/material resources
Organizational culture/climate
Salient events/critical incidents
Person–environment interaction
Barriers and facilitators
5. Optimism
(the confidence that things will happen for the best or that desired goals will be attained)
Optimism
Pessimism
Unrealistic optimism
Identity
12. Social influences
(those interpersonal processes that can cause individuals to change their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors)
Social pressure
Social norms
Group conformity
Social comparisons
Group norms
Social support
Power
Intergroup conflict
Alienation
Group identity
Modeling
6. Beliefs about consequences
(acceptance of the truth, reality, or validity about outcomes of a behavior in a given situation)
Beliefs
Outcome expectancies
Characteristics of outcome expectancies
Anticipated regret
Consequents
13. Emotion
(a complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements, by which the individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter/event)
Fear
Anxiety
Affect
Stress
Depression
Positive/negative affect
Burn-out
7. Reinforcement
(increasing the probability of a response by arranging a dependent relationship, or contingency, between the response and a given stimulus)
Rewards (proximal/distal, valued/not valued, probable/improbable)
Incentives
Punishment
Consequents
Reinforcement
Contingencies
Sanctions
14. Behavioral regulation
(anything aimed at managing or changing objectively observed or measured actions)
Self-monitoring
Breaking habit
Action planning