Theory Database - Theory 24: Health Action Process Approach

This is a searchable database of theories of behaviour change that have been formalised according to an Ontology-Based Modelling System.

For more information, see:

West, R., Godinho, C. A., Bohlen, L. C., Carey, R. N., Hastings, J., Lefevre, C. E., & Michie, S. (2019). Development of a formal system for representing behaviour-change theories. Nature human behaviour, 3(5), 526. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0561-2.
Hale, J., Hastings, J., West, R., Lefevre, C. E., Direito, A., Connell Bohlen, L., Godinho, C., Anderson, N., Zink, S., Goarke, H., and Michie, S. (2020) An ontology-based modelling system (OBMS) for representing behaviour change theories applied to 76 theories [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research.

Theory 24: Health Action Process Approach - for analysis

Number of Constructs: 26
Number of Triples: 47

Theory triples

Risk perception positively influences Intention
Outcome expectancies positively influences Intention
Action self-efficacy positively influences Intention
Intention influences Planning
Action self-efficacy positively influences Action planning
Recovery self-efficacy positively influences Action
Perceived social support transitions to the 'Intention' to 'Action' Influences relationship
Perceived social support influences Intention
Intention influences Action
Recovery self-efficacy positively influences Action control
Intention positively influences Action control
Planning influences Action
Action control positively influences Action
Maintenance self-efficacy positively influences Action
Intenders transitions to Actors
Non-intenders transitions to Intenders
Maintenance self-efficacy influences Planning
Action self-efficacy positively influences the 'Non-intenders' to 'Intenders' Transitions to relationship
Risk perception positively influences the 'Non-intenders' to 'Intenders' Transitions to relationship
Outcome expectancies positively influences the 'Non-intenders' to 'Intenders' Transitions to relationship
Maintenance self-efficacy positively influences the 'Intenders' to 'Actors' Transitions to relationship
Recovery self-efficacy positively influences the 'Intenders' to 'Actors' Transitions to relationship
Planning positively influences the 'Intenders' to 'Actors' Transitions to relationship
Action control positively influences the 'Intenders' to 'Actors' Transitions to relationship
Physical type of Outcome expectancies
Emotional type of Outcome expectancies
Social type of Outcome expectancies
Perceived vulnerability influences (*) Risk perception
Perceived severity influences (*) Risk perception
Awareness of standards part of Action control
Self-monitoring part of Action control
Self-regulatory effort part of Action control
Non-intenders part of Motivational phase
Action self-efficacy part of Motivational phase
Risk perception part of Motivational phase
Outcome expectancies part of Motivational phase
Action planning type of Planning
Coping planning type of Planning
Intenders part of Volitional phase
Actors part of Volitional phase
Action control part of Volitional phase
Planning part of Volitional phase
Recovery self-efficacy part of Volitional phase
Maintenance self-efficacy part of Volitional phase
Action self-efficacy type of Self-efficacy
Maintenance self-efficacy type of Self-efficacy
Recovery self-efficacy type of Self-efficacy

Theory constructs and annotations

Risk perception [ BCIO:0050003 (Belief about threat) 24 45 27 ]
Intention [ BCIO:006016 (Behavioural intention) 24 41 46 29 35 28 ]
Outcome expectancies [ BCIO:006019 (Belief about consequences of behaviour) 24 , BCIO:006019 (Belief about consequences of behaviour) 24 42 32 25 31 34 20 33 ]
Action self-efficacy [ BCIO:006043 (Self-efficacy belief for a behaviour and its associated outcomes) 24 , BCIO:006043 (Self-efficacy belief for a behaviour and its associated outcomes) 24 28 23 27 32 25 26 ]
Planning [ MF:0000027 (Planning) 24 , MF:0000027 (Planning) 24 34 28 ]
Action planning [ BCIO:050844 (Action planning) 24 ]
Recovery self-efficacy [ BCIO:050584 (Behavioural recovery self-efficacy) 24 ]
Action [ BCIO:036000 (Individual human behaviour) 24 50 11 49 42 35 47 52 43 46 25 39 30 ]
Perceived social support [ BCIO:006146 (Belief about social support) 24 31 29 ]
Action control [ BCIO:006103 (Self-regulation of behaviour) 24 77 ]
Maintenance self-efficacy [ BCIO:050576 (Behaviour maintenance self-efficacy) 24 , BCIO:050576 (Behaviour maintenance self-efficacy) 24 ]
Intenders [ BCIO:006001 (Social Environmental System) 24 33 41 19 39 ]
Actors [ BCIO:006001 (Social Environmental System) 24 33 41 19 39 ]
Non-intenders [ BCIO:006001 (Social Environmental System) 24 33 41 19 39 ]
Physical
Emotional
Social [ BCIO:006042 (Normative belief) 24 35 ]
Perceived vulnerability [ BCIO:006026 (Belief about likelihood of consequences of an occurrence) 24 , BCIO:006305 (Belief about susceptibility to a threat) 24 3 64 16 ]
Perceived severity [ BCIO:006030 (Belief about severity of an outcome) 24 29 49 ]
Awareness of standards [ BCIO:006015 (Awareness) 24 ]
Self-monitoring [ BCIO:006137 (Self-monitoring) 24 34 ]
Self-regulatory effort [ MF:0000048 (Mental capability) 24 , BCIO:006005 (Self-regulation capability) 24 25 ]
Motivational phase [ BCIO:006016 (Behavioural intention) 24 1 66 14 59 73 72 23 77 69 52 81 74 79 80 3 18 ]
Coping planning [ BCIO:050624 (Coping planning) 24 ]
Volitional phase [ BCIO:036000 (Individual human behaviour) 24 70 8 5 14 62 63 64 78 81 65 77 13 55 74 79 18 53 54 57 69 71 ]
Self-efficacy [ BCIO:006043 (Self-efficacy belief for a behaviour and its associated outcomes) 24 28 23 27 32 25 26 ]

Theory illustration

Theory References

Schwarzer, R. (1992). Self-efficacy in the adoption and maintenance of health behaviours: theoretical approaches and a new model. In R. Schwarzer (Ed.), Self-efficacy: Thought control of action (pp. 217-243). Washington, DC: Hemisphere.
Schwarzer, R. (2008). Modeling health behaviour change: How to predict and modify the adoption and maintenance of health behaviours. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 57(1), 1-29.

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